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Edna sobbing while Mademoiselle Reisz plays the song Robert asked Mme to play for her while she reads his letter. oh wow.

I don't know why this is making me so emotional. Well, maybe I do. That feeling of being lost, waking up, and realizing you aren't where you thought you were, and aren't where you want to be. I also find myself swimming as far as I can out into the ocean, hoping no one will follow—that moment of serenity in the sea. I'm also deeply moved by the quiet intimacy of Edna and Robert. A soft love filled with devotion.

is this gay. well i have a tendency to read every friendship in classic lit as gay. however “…she broke off, turning her quick eyes upon Madame Ratignolle and leaning forward a little so as to bring her face quite close to that of her companion.”