Why the very last
letter she got from him was the one that said if she ever stopped loving
him he knew he'd die.
"And when things are ended it is better that such things should be though
doubtless not necessary to put an announcement in the paper yet since
God in his infinite wisdom arranges all things for the best. And with such
a splendid position opening before her it would be only dignified to bring
the young man to his senses for it would not be right to let unreasonable
young men stand in the way of advantages offered by Foreign Travel and
study and these things are soon forgotten, my dear, and if nervous young
men will not admit like gentlemen that they are in the wrong when only
engaged what kind of husbands will they make when married forever? And is
not a broken engagement better than lifelong unhappiness when there are so
many too many sinful people divorcing each other every day and all men who
write for their living use stimulants, my dear, such is literary history
and my dearest have your cry out on mother's shoulder."
The sweetish oil has risen about Nancy relentlessly--it is up to her
waist now and still it keeps talking and flowing and creeping higher.
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