She felt so much aware of her own beauty it seemed inconceivable that everybody else wouldn't notice the difference too.

It's the craziest thing, but I can't stop thinking about you.

Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl into his arms and stay there forever.

Diana knew it wouldn't be right, but then she told herself that things only looked wrong when there was someone to see you.

Henry shook his head, 'I was drunk,' he said, trying to sound both ashamed and firm in this belief. He remembered the rosebush incident very clearly, of course, but he knew that sneaking into the bedroom window of his fiancee's little sister wasn't something he wanted to explain to his father. Sometimes, Henry reflected, being taken for a perpetual drunk was sort of convenient.

But I wanted to tell you before I left how completely abjectly sorry I am for all the pain I have caused you and that if I die you were the one true love of my life. By the time you read this I will be gone but please know I am still always at your side.... Yours forever Henery William Schoonmaker

She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.