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“He had given her a year of his life, and she had thrown it away”

Willa Cather (spoken by Narrator (Niel's view))

Having seen Ivy Peters embrace Mrs. Forrester, Niel crosses the bridge for the last time, bitter at what he regards as the waste of his devotion.

Citation: "He had given her a year of his life, and she had thrown it away" — Willa Cather, A Lost Lady, Part Two, Ch. IX. (id cather-a-lost-lady-q4)

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Quotation from A Lost Lady by Willa Cather