“What is this romance?" she mused."Ah, that's the question. I've never come across a definition that satisfied me, though there are some very good ones"-he glanced in the direction of his books."It's not altogether knowing the other person, perhaps-it's ignorance," she hazarded."Some authorities say it's a question of distance-romance in literature, that is-""Possibly, in the case of art. But in the case of people it may be”

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