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The thought cross his mind that he ought to have married her and not gone rambling. If he had, he wouldn't be in such a fix. But he felt little fear; ...more

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At times he felt that he had almost rather not be in love with her, for it brought him no peace. What was the use of it, if it was only going to be pa...more

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There seem to be no way he could stop anything that was happening, although it all felt wrong.

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It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.

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The years would pass like weeks, and loves would pass too, or else grow sour.

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It doesn't do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to.

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Of all the women he knew, she had meant the most; and was the one person in his life he felt he had missed, in some ways.

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You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave...more