Narrator: "It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity."
The reader thinks that Angel is accepting Tess as a whole person when, in fact, he's talking about her teeth. The only 'imperfections' he's willing to see in her are the ones that won't cloud his judgment of what a 'pure' woman should be.
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