Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.

THE LUXE IS . . . Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan in 1899.

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

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

So this is how life was, she thought with a faint smile: It wore you down until you emerged at its wildest, most unexpected ends.

They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said.

The headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.