And she knew too: she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it; her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would say farewell… - Ford Madox Ford

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And she knew too: she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it; her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would say farewell to her, like that, with the inflexion of a verb. As, just occasionally, using the word 'we' - and perhaps without intention - he had let her know that he loved her.