Curiously, the darkness seemed to have something to do with Harriet, Ron's intended, and I thought for a time that it was simply the reality of Harriet's arrival that had dramatized the passing of time: we had been talking about it and now suddenly it was here - just as Brenda's departure would be here before we knew it.
( Philip Roth )
[ Goodbye, Columbus and Five ]
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