Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Don't fret, mother. I shall soon be able to get money; I'll get a situation of some sort.”
- Source
- The Mill on the Floss
- Date
- 1860
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Tom Tulliver
Meaning of “Don't fret, mother. I shall soon be able…”
Tom responds to family financial collapse by trying to reassure his mother and assuming responsibility for earning, showing duty emerging under pressure.
Where does it come from?
The Mill on the Floss, Book III, Project Gutenberg #6688. Tom speaks after the Tulliver bankruptcy; the line belongs to a fictional family crisis.
Why the local voice matters
Tom speaks after the family bankruptcy in The Mill on the Floss.
