Goodness!

I finished David Copperfield weeks ago, but still I am left with deep regret that I am not Agnes. Agnes not only desires to be good, but is good. She cares for her alcoholic father all her life. She loves David, but acts as his true friend and sister, even befriending his wife. She always knows exactly what to say, what is right, what is good. She finds happiness even as her home and father and father's business collapse around her. She is confident and capable, and strong in a quiet way. She patiently waits for a reward that may never come. If only wanting to be good made one so, I would be so very, very good.