A Pair Of Patient Lovers

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William Dean Howells. A Pair Of Patient Lovers

CONTENTS:

A PAIR OF PATIENT LOVERS. I

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THE PURSUIT OF THE PIANO. I

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A DIFFICULT CASE. I

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THE MAGIC OF A VOICE. I

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A CIRCLE IN THE WATER. I

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A Pair Of Patient Lovers

WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

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"It bound you from your first acknowledgment of it, and unless you could deny your love now, or hereafter, it must always bind you. If you own that you still love each other, you are still engaged, no matter how much you release each other. Could you think of loving her and marrying some one else? Could she love you and marry another? There isn't any error, unless you've mistaken your feeling for each other. If you have, I should decidedly say you couldn't break your engagement too soon. In fact, there wouldn't be any real engagement to break."

"Of course you are right," said Glendenning, but not so strenuously as he might.

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