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A Declaration of Love

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           "Iremember,"repliedBerenice,moved,butuncertain.

           "Letmetellyoualittlesomethingaboutmylife,willyou?Itwon’ttakelong.IwasborninPhiladelphia.Myfamilyhadalwaysbelongedthere.Ihavebeeninthebankingandstreet-railwaybusinessallmylife.MyfirstwifewasaPresbyteriangirl,religious,conventional.ShewasolderthanIbysixorsevenyears.Iwashappyforawhilefiveorsixyears.Wehadtwochildrenbothstillliving.ThenImetmypresentwife.Shewasyoungerthanmyselfatleasttenyears,andverygood-looking.Shewasinsomerespectsmoreintelligentthanmyfirstwifeatleastlessconventional,moregenerous,Ithought.Ifellinlovewithher,andwhenIeventuallyleftPhiladelphiaIgotadivorceandmarriedher.Iwasgreatlyinlovewithheratthetime.Ithoughtshewasanidealmateforme,andIstillthinkshehasmanyqualitieswhichmakeherattractive.Butmyownidealsinregardtowomenhaveallthetimebeenslowlychanging.Ihavecometosee,throughvariousexperiments,thatsheisnottheidealwomanformeatall.Shedoesnotunderstandme.Idon’tpretendtounderstandmyself,butithasoccurredtomethattheremightbeawomansomewherewhowouldunderstandmebetterthanIunderstandmyself,whowouldseethethingsthatIdon’tseeaboutmyself,andwouldlikeme,anyhow.ImightaswelltellyouthatIhavebeenaloverofwomenalways.Thereisjustoneidealthinginthisworldtome,andthatisthewomanthatIwouldliketohave.

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