“Now they were as strangers; worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.”

“There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved. Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual estrangement.”

“Once so much to each other! Now nothing! There had been a time, when of all the large party now filling the drawing-room at Uppercross, they would have found it most difficult to cease to speak to one another. [...] Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.”

“There could have been no two heartsSo open, no tastes so similar, no feelingsSo in unison, no countenancesSo beloved. Now they were strangers;Nay, worse than strangers, for theyCould never become acquainted.It was a perpetual estrangement.”

“Strangers take a long time to become acquainted, particularly when they are from the same family.”

“It’s sad when friends become enemies. But what’s even worse is when they become strangers.”