“Her beauty has a fatal attraction. I don’t understand its essence and I know nothing comparable. I often wonder if it’s not the shadow of a much greater magic concealed within her. Which of these two forms of enchantment makes me love her? They’re both puzzles. The third puzzle is my love. Although that moment fades farther into the past every day, its memories are eternally planted in my heart because of its associations with place, time, names, company, and remarks. My intoxicated heart circles through them until it imagines they are life itself, wondering somewhat skeptically whether any
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