Inevitable:(Adjective)
Definition:unable to be avoided.
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But I also felt the weird relief which comes from knowing that the inevitable destruction of precious things, though done in your house, was not done by your hand.
What is being said here is that they are happy that they didn’t ruin the picture because precious things are always going to be destroyed in your house.
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