Romance Ford, Paul Leicester: Wanted - A Matchmaker. v1. 8 Feb 2013

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Paul Leicester Ford (March 23, 1865 - May 8, 1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn.

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"You understand, Josie, that I wouldn't for a moment wish Constance to marry without being in love, but—"
Mrs. Durant hesitated long enough to convey the inference that she was unfeminine enough to place a value on her own words, and then, the pause having led to a change, or, at least, modification of what had almost found utterance, she continued, with a touch of petulance which suggested that the general principle had in the mind of the speaker a special application, "It is certainly a great pity that the modern girl should be so unimpressionable!

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