Philip Tymon
02-07-2012, 01:43 PM
(Was going to leave this space blank, but since Barry requires some words---)
When Dickens was very young he fell madly in love with a young lady and proposed. She rejected him because, as an unpublished aspiring writer, he did not have "good prospects". Within a short time, he was the most famous and beloved (and soon to be very wealthy) writer in England.
They secretly met again about 30 years later. Dickens, still imagining the lithe young woman of his dreams, was extremely shocked when a large, matronly woman showed up who he also found to be vacuous. Despite her efforts to renew the relationship, he made himself unavailable thereafter.
Ah, well!
When Dickens was very young he fell madly in love with a young lady and proposed. She rejected him because, as an unpublished aspiring writer, he did not have "good prospects". Within a short time, he was the most famous and beloved (and soon to be very wealthy) writer in England.
They secretly met again about 30 years later. Dickens, still imagining the lithe young woman of his dreams, was extremely shocked when a large, matronly woman showed up who he also found to be vacuous. Despite her efforts to renew the relationship, he made himself unavailable thereafter.
Ah, well!