once he was geographically distant, agnes felt the age difference was a problem and could see he wouldn't make a good husband. i believe she was seven years older than him. she broke things off with a letter. she called him a "kid." she felt this (she, herself) would not have an effect on him- that she was meaningless and replaceable. and he married again and again. ernest liked his drink and eventually shot through his head.
catherine was needy, but that was just a projection.
"And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while, To have bitten off the matter with a smile, To have squeezed the universe into a ball To roll it toward some overwhelming question, To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”- If one, settling a pillow by her head, Should say: “That is not what I meant at all. That is not it, at all.”
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catherine was needy, but that was just a projection.
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After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
Would it have been worth while,
To have bitten off the matter with a smile,
To have squeezed the universe into a ball
To roll it toward some overwhelming question,
To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”-
If one, settling a pillow by her head,
Should say: “That is not what I meant at all.
That is not it, at all.”
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