There is someone I must say goodbye to. Oh, not you - we are sure to see each other again - but the Lily Bart you knew. I have kept her with me all this time, but now we are going to part, and I have brought her back to you - I am going to leave her here. When I go out presently she will not go with me. I shall like to think that she has stayed with you. ✨ Edith Wharton (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated), p.791, Delphi Classics
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