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A Confirmed Spinster
TherewasamonthwhenIcouldhaveshownhertoyouinallherbravery,butthentheveilfell,andfromthatmomentIunderstoodhernot.ForlongIwatchedher,butshewasnevercleartomeagain,andforlongshehoveredroundme,likeadearheartwillingtogivemeathousandchancestoregainherlove.Shewassopicturesquethatshewasthelastwordofart,butshewasasyoungasifshewerethefirstwoman.Theworldmusthaverungwithgallantdeedsandgrownlovelythoughtsfornumberlesscenturiesbeforeshecouldbe;shewasthechildofallthebraveandwistfulimaginingsofmen.Shewasasmysteriousasnightwhenitfellforthefirsttimeupontheearth.Shewasthethingwecallromance,whichlivesinthelittlehutbeyondthebluehazeofthepine-woods.
Noonecouldhavelookedlesselfish.Shewasallonanoblescale,herattributesweresogenerous,hermannerunconquerablygracious,hermovementsindolentlyactive,herfacesocandidthatyoumustswearhereverythoughtlivedalwaysintheopen.
