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“She had seen so many romantic Italian comedies, had Jane Desmond, that she could never think of love without going as sloppy as porridge. It was the only thing wrong with her, to my mind; she was a kindly, great-hearted woman, and after knowing her a week or two I would have fought to the death for her as I would have done for my own mother” (61-62).