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What was comedy to them was tragedy to her and she could hardly bear their mirth.

Every day, every hour, brought to him one more little stroke of her nature, and to her one more of his.

awaited new knowledge of each other's character and mood without attempting to pry into each other's history.

was ever in the habit of neglecting the particulars of an outward scene for the general impression.