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Jerome has fallen deeply in love with his cousin Allissa, a couple of years older than he but who shares his love for literature, for poetry, and for musing on philosophy. Yet, much as she admits her love, she refuses his proposals for engagement and over time seems increasingly to push him away. His desperate attempts to overcome her reluctance are hindered by his own timidity, and it seems their love is doomed for reasons he cannot understand.

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