Émile Zola: A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to rot on the ground by himself.

A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to rot on the ground by hims — Émile Zola

A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to rot on the ground by himself.

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