LOVELESS LOVE
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Scobie cannot
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act of pity for a wife whose needs are expressed, "Oh, Ticki, Ticki, you
won't leave me ever, will you? I haven't got any friends-not since the
Tom Barlows went away."
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grim
understanding of the
moral pain of exaggerated sentiment, the tragic heroism of watching
over another's life.
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