She Smiled Sweetly

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Originally Posted by michelej1

But I have also talked about straining to hear Christine's voice since she has left the band. I think we all read Henry James The American in high school. In the end, Claire de Cintre, the woman Christopher loved, has entered a cloistered convent and will never show her face outside of the convent walls again. However, the nuns sing in a choir. They are never seen, but outsiders can stand outside of the convent gates and listen to them. Christopher goes there and strains to hear her voice among the other singers, because that's all he has left of her. That's what I've been doing with Christine over the last 10 years.
Michele

I love James and very much enjoy that novel, but had forgotten that detail. May I use that sometime?