You were right the first time Cathy. It was a stupid silly story.Ridiculous Only insane people would die for the sake of love. Illbet you a hundred to one a woman wrote that junky romantic trashJust a minute ago Id despised that author for bringing about such amiserable ending then there I went rushing to the defense. T. M.Ellis could very well have been a man Though I doubt any woman writerin the nineteenth century had much chance of being published unlessshe used her initials or a mans name. And why is it all men thinkeverything a woman writes is trivial or trashy-or just plain sillydrivel Dont men have romantic notions Dont men dream of findingthe perfect love And it seems to me that Raymond was far moremushy-minded than Lily