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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-21 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 4
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any real resolutions not to be because the idea was too trifling and absurd to be even considered. I remember how the little wavering blaze of interest that I was trying to fan into a real flame, suddenly fickered and went out when a man to whom I had been engaged "off and on" for several years, insisted that I marry him before his number was drawn. I couldn't believe that he would expect such a sacrifice from me. And when his brother informed me that he, himself was doing the military duty for the family, and that by marrying the man I might
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any real resolutions not to be because the idea was too trifling and absurd to be even considered. I remember how the little wavering blaze of interest that I was trying to fan into a real flame, suddenly fickered and went out when a man to whom I had been engaged "off and on" for several years, insisted that I marry him before his number was drawn. I couldn't believe that he would expect such a sacrifice from me. And when his brother informed me that he, himself was doing the military duty for the family, and that by marrying the man I might
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