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More/ql likely/rb ,/, you/ppss simply/rb told/vbd yourself/ppl ,/, as/cs you/ppss handed/vbd us/ppo the/at book/nn ,/, that/cs it/pps mattered/vbd little/rb what/wdt we/ppss incanted/vbd providing/cs we/ppss underwent/vbd the/at discipline/nn of/in incantation/nn ./.


	For/in pride's/nn$ sake/nn ,/, I/ppss will/md not/* say/vb that/cs the/at coy/jj and/cc leering/vbg vade/fw-vb mecum/fw-ppo+in of/in those/dts verses/nns insinuated/vbd itself/ppl into/in my/pp$ soul/nn ./.
Besides/rb ,/, that/dt particular/jj message/nn does/doz no/ql more/ap than/cs weakly/rb echo/vb the/at roar/nn in/in all/abn fresh/jj blood/nn ./.
But/cc what/wdt you/ppss could/md not/* know/vb ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, was/bedz how/wql smoothly/rb the/at Victorian/jj Fitzgerald/np was/bedz to/to lead/vb into/in an/at American/jj Fitzgerald/np of/in my/pp$ own/jj vintage/nn under/in whose/wp$ banner/nn we/ppss adolescents/nns were/bed to/to come/vb ,/, if/cs not/* of/in age/nn ,/, then/rb into/in a/at bright/jj ,/, taut/jj semblance/nn of/in it/ppo ./.
I/ppss do/do not/* suppose/vb you/ppo ever/rb heard/vbd of/in F./np Scott/np Fitzgerald/np ,/, living/vbg or/cc dead/jj ,/, and/cc moreover/rb I/ppss do/do not/* suppose/vb that/cs ,/, even/rb if/cs you/ppss had/hvd ,/, his/pp$ legend/nn would/md have/hv seemed/vbn to/in you/ppo to/to warrant/vb more/ap than/cs a/at cluck/nn of/in disapproval/nn ./.
Neither/cc his/pp$ appetites/nns ,/, his/pp$ exacerbations/nns ,/, nor/cc his/pp$ despair/nn were/bed kin/nn to/in yours/pp$$ ./.
He/pps might/md have/hv been/ben the/at man/nn in/in the/at moon/nn for/in all/abn you/ppss could/md have/hv understood/vbn him/ppo ./.
But/cc he/pps was/bedz no/at man/nn in/in the/at moon/nn to/in me/ppo ./.
Although/cs his/pp$ tender/jj nights/nns were/bed not/* the/at ones/nns I/ppss dreamed/vbd of/in ,/, nor/cc was/bedz it/pps for/in yachts/nns ,/, sports/nns cars/nns ,/, tall/jj drinks/nns ,/, and/cc swimming/vbg pools/nns ,/, nor/cc yet/rb for/in money/nn or/cc what/wdt money/nn buys/vbz that/cs I/ppss burned/vbd ,/, I/ppss too/rb was/bedz burning/vbg and/cc watching/vbg myself/ppl burn/vb ./.
The/at flame/nn was/bedz simply/rb of/in a/at different/jj kind/nn ./.
It/pps was/bedz symbolized/vbn (/( at/in least/ap for/in those/dts of/in us/ppo who/wps recognized/vbd ourselves/ppls in/in the/at image/nn )/) by/in that/dt self-consuming/jj ,/, elegiac/jj candle/nn of/in Edna/np St./np Vincent/np Millay's/np$ ,/, that/dt candle/nn which/wdt from/in the/at quatrain/nn where/wrb she/pps ensconced/vbd it/ppo became/vbd a/at beacon/nn to/in us/ppo ,/, but/cc which/wdt in/in point/nn of/in fact/nn would/md have/hv had/hvn to/to be/be as/ql tall/jj as/cs a/at funeral/nn taper/nn to/to last/vb even/rb the/at evening/nn ,/, let/vb alone/rb the/at night/nn ./.
One/pn should/md not/* ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, pluck/vb the/at head/nn off/in a/at flower/nn and/cc expect/vb its/pp$ perfume/nn to/to linger/vb on/rp ./.
Yet/cc this/dt passion/nn for/in passion/nn ,/, now/rb that/cs I/ppss look/vb back/rb on/in it/ppo with/in passion/nn spent/vbn ,/, seems/vbz somewhat/ql overblown/jj and/cc operatic/jj ,/, though/cs as/cs a/at diva/nn Miss/np Millay/np perfectly/rb controlled/vbd her/pp$ notes/nns ./.
Only/rb what/wdt else/rb was/bedz she/pps singing/vbg but/cc the/at old/jj Song/nn-tl of/in-tl Songs/nns-tl ,/, that/dt most/ql ancient/jj of/in tunes/nns that/wpo nature/nn plays/vbz with/in such/jj unfailing/jj response/nn upon/in young/jj nerves/nns ?/. ?/.
Perhaps/rb this/dt is/bez not/* so/ql little/ap ./.
Perhaps/rb the/at mere/jj fact/nn that/cs by/in plucking/vbg on/in the/at nerves/nns nature/nn can/md awaken/vb in/in the/at most/ql ordinary/jj of/in us/ppo ,/, temporarily/rb anyway/rb ,/, the/at sleeping/vbg poet/nn ,/, and/cc in/in poets/nns can/md discover/vb their/pp$ immortality/nn ,/, is/bez the/at most/ql remarkable/jj of/in all/abn the/at remarkable/jj phenomena/nns to/in which/wdt we/ppss can/md attest/vb ?/. ?/.
One/pn can/md see/vb it/ppo as/cs humiliating/jj that/cs an/at extra/jj hormone/nn casually/rb fed/vbn into/in our/pp$ chemistry/nn may/md induce/vb us/ppo to/to lay/vb down/rp our/pp$ lives/nns for/in a/at lover/nn or/cc a/at friend/nn ;/. ;/.
one/pn can/md take/vb it/ppo as/cs no/ql more/ap than/cs another/dt veil/nn torn/vbn from/in the/at mystery/nn of/in the/at soul/nn ./.
But/cc it/pps could/md also/rb be/be looked/vbn at/in from/in the/at other/ap end/nn of/in the/at spectrum/nn ./.
One/pn could/md see/vb this/dt chemical/nn determinant/nn as/cs in/in itself/ppl a/at miracle/nn ./.
In/in any/dti case/nn ,/, Miss/np Millay's/np$ sweet-throated/jj bitterness/nn ,/, her/pp$ variations/nns on/in the/at theme/nn that/cs the/at world/nn was/bedz not/* only/rb well/ql lost/vbn for/in love/nn but/cc even/rb well/ql lost/vbn for/in lost/vbn love/nn ,/, her/pp$ constant/jj and/cc wonderfully/ql tragic/jj posture/nn ,/, so/ql unlike/in that/dt of/in Fitzgerald/np since/cs it/pps required/vbd no/at scenery/nn or/cc props/nns ,/, drew/vbd from/in the/at me/ppo that/cs I/ppss was/bedz when/wrb I/ppss fell/vbd upon/in her/pp$ verses/nns an/at overwhelming/jj yea/rb ./.


	But/cc all/abn this/dt ,/, I/ppss am/bem well/ql aware/jj ,/, is/bez the/at bel/fw-jj canto/fw-nn of/in love/nn ,/, and/cc although/cs I/ppss have/hv always/rb liked/vbn to/to think/vb that/cs it/pps was/bedz to/in the/at bel/fw-jj canto/fw-nn and/cc to/in that/dt alone/rb that/cs I/ppss listened/vbd ,/, I/ppss know/vb well/rb enough/qlp that/cs it/pps was/bedz not/* ./.
If/cs I/ppss am/bem to/to speak/vb the/at whole/jj truth/nn about/in my/pp$ knowledge/nn of/in love/nn ,/, I/ppss will/md have/hv to/to stop/vb trying/vbg to/to emulate/vb the/at transcendant/jj nightingale/nn ./.
There/ex is/bez another/dt side/nn of/in love/nn ,/, more/ql nearly/rb symbolized/vbn by/in the/at croak/nn of/in the/at mating/vbg capercailzie/nn ,/, or/cc better/rbr still/rb perhaps/rb by/in the/at mute/jj antics/nns of/in the/at slug/nn ./.


	Whether/cs you/ppss experienced/vbd the/at passion/nn of/in desire/nn I/ppss have/hv ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, no/at way/nn of/in knowing/vbg ,/, nor/cc indeed/rb have/hv I/ppss wished/vbn with/in even/rb the/at most/ql fleeting/jj fragment/nn of/in a/at wish/nn to/to know/vb ,/, for/in the/at fact/nn that/cs one/pn constitutes/vbz by/in one's/pn$ mere/jj existence/nn so/rb to/to speak/vb the/at proof/nn of/in some/dti sort/nn of/in passion/nn makes/vbz any/dti speculation/nn upon/in this/dt part/nn of/in one's/pn$ parents'/nns$ experience/nn more/ql immodest/jj ,/, more/ql scandalizing/jj ,/, more/ql deeply/ql unwelcome/jj than/cs an/at obscenity/nn from/in a/at stranger/nn ./.
I/ppss recoil/vb from/in the/at very/ap thought/nn ./.
At/in the/at same/ap time/nn ,/, I/ppss am/bem aware/jj that/cs my/pp$ recoil/nn could/md be/be interpreted/vbn by/in readers/nns of/in the/at tea/nn leaves/nns at/in the/at bottom/nn of/in my/pp$ psyche/nn as/cs an/at incestuous/jj sign/nn ,/, since/cs theirs/pp$$ is/bez a/at science/nn of/in paradox/nn :/: if/cs one/pn hates/vbz ,/, they/ppss say/vb it/pps is/bez because/cs one/pn loves/vbz ;/. ;/.
if/cs one/pn bullies/vbz ,/, they/ppss say/vb it/pps is/bez because/cs one/pn is/bez afraid/jj ;/. ;/.
if/cs one/pn shuns/vbz ,/, they/ppss say/vb it/pps is/bez because/cs one/pn desires/vbz ;/. ;/.
and/cc according/in to/in them/ppo ,/, whatever/wdt one/pn fancies/vbz one/pn feels/vbz ,/, what/wdt one/pn feels/vbz in/in fact/nn is/bez the/at opposite/nn ./.
Well/rb ,/, normally/ql abnormal/jj or/cc normally/ql normal/jj ,/, neurotic/jj or/cc merely/rb fastidious/jj (/( do/do the/at tea-leaf/nn readers/nns ,/, by/in the/at way/nn ,/, allow/vb psyches/nns to/to have/hv moral/jj taste/nn ?/. ?/.
)/) ,/, I/ppss have/hv never/rb wanted/vbn to/to know/vb what/wdt you/ppss knew/vbd of/in passion/nn ./.




You/ppss probably/rb would/md not/* remember/vb ,/, since/cs you/ppss never/rb seemed/vbd to/to remember/vb even/rb the/at same/ap moments/nns as/cs I/ppss ,/, much/ql less/rbr their/pp$ intensity/nn ,/, one/cd sunny/jj midday/nn on/in Fifth/od-tl Avenue/nn-tl when/wrb you/ppss had/hvd set/vbn out/rp with/in me/ppo for/in some/dti final/jj shopping/nn less/ap than/cs a/at week/nn before/in the/at wedding/nn you/ppss staged/vbd for/in me/ppo with/in such/jj reluctance/nn at/in the/at Farm/nn-tl ./.
I/ppss can/md see/vb us/ppo now/rb ./.
We/ppss had/hvd been/ben walking/vbg quite/ql briskly/rb ,/, for/cs despite/in your/pp$ being/beg so/ql small/jj and/cc me/ppo so/ql tall/jj ,/, your/pp$ stride/nn in/in those/dts days/nns could/md easily/rb match/vb mine/pp$$ ./.
We/ppss had/hvd stopped/vbn before/in a/at shop/nn window/nn to/to assess/vb its/pp$ autumnal/jj display/nn ,/, when/wrb you/ppss suddenly/rb turned/vbd to/in me/ppo ,/, looking/vbg up/rp from/in beneath/in one/cd of/in your/pp$ wrong/jj hats/nns ,/, and/cc with/in your/pp$ nervous/jj ``/`` ahem/uh ''/'' !/. !/.
Said/vbd :/: ``/`` There/ex are/ber things/nns I/ppss must/md tell/vb you/ppo about/in this/dt man/nn you/ppss are/ber marrying/vbg which/wdt he/pps does/doz not/* know/vb himself/ppl ''/'' ./.
If/cs you/ppss had/hvd screamed/vbn right/ql there/rb in/in the/at street/nn where/wrb we/ppss stood/vbd ,/, I/ppss could/md not/* have/hv felt/vbn more/ap fear/nn ./.
With/in scarcely/rb a/at mumble/nn of/in excuse/nn ,/, I/ppss fled/vbd ./.
I/ppss fled/vbd ,/, however/rb ,/, not/* from/in what/wdt might/md have/hv been/ben the/at natural/jj fear/nn of/in being/beg unable/jj to/to disguise/vb from/in you/ppo that/cs the/at things/nns about/in my/pp$ bridegroom/nn --/-- in/in the/at sense/nn you/ppss meant/vbd the/at word/nn ``/`` things/nns ''/'' --/-- which/wdt you/ppss had/hvd been/ben galvanizing/vbg yourself/ppl to/to tell/vb me/ppo as/cs a/at painful/jj part/nn of/in your/pp$ maternal/jj duty/nn were/bed things/nns which/wdt I/ppss had/hvd already/rb insisted/vbn upon/in finding/vbg out/rp for/in myself/ppl (/( despite/in ,/, I/ppss may/md now/rb say/vb ,/, the/at unspeakable/jj awkwardness/nn of/in making/vbg the/at discovery/nn on/in principle/nn ,/, yes/rb ,/, on/in principle/nn ,/, and/cc in/in cold/jj blood/nn )/) because/cs I/ppss was/bedz resolved/vbn ,/, as/cs a/at modern/jj woman/nn ,/, not/* to/to be/be a/at mollycoddle/nn waiting/vbg for/in Life/nn-tl but/cc to/to seize/vb Life/nn-tl by/in the/at throat/nn ./.
I/ppss had/hvd developed/vbn too/ql foolproof/jj a/at facade/nn to/to be/be afraid/jj of/in self-betrayal/nn ./.
What/wdt I/ppss fled/vbd from/in was/bedz my/pp$ fear/nn of/in what/wdt ,/, unwittingly/rb ,/, you/ppss might/md betray/vb ,/, without/in meaning/vbg to/to ,/, about/in my/pp$ father/nn and/cc yourself/ppl ./.


	But/cc I/ppss can/md see/vb from/in this/dt latest/jjt trick/nn of/in memory/nn how/wql much/ql more/ql arbitrary/jj and/cc influential/jj it/pps is/bez than/cs the/at will/nn ./.
While/cs my/pp$ memory/nn holds/vbz with/in relentless/jj tenacity/nn ,/, as/cs I/ppss cannot/md* too/ql often/rb stress/vb ,/, to/in my/pp$ wrongs/nns ,/, when/wrb it/pps comes/vbz to/in my/pp$ shames/nns ,/, it/pps gestures/vbz and/cc jokes/vbz and/cc toys/vbz with/in chronology/nn like/cs a/at prestidigitator/nn in/in the/at hope/nn of/in distracting/vbg me/ppo from/in them/ppo ./.
Just/rb as/cs I/ppss was/bedz about/rb to/to enlarge/vb upon/in my/pp$ discovery/nn of/in the/at underside/nn of/in the/at leaf/nn of/in love/nn ,/, memory/nn ,/, displeased/vbn at/in being/beg asked/vbn to/to yield/vb its/pp$ unsavory/jj secrets/nns ,/, dashed/vbd ahead/rb of/in me/ppo ,/, calling/vbg back/rb over/in its/pp$ shoulder/nn :/: ``/`` Skip/vb it/ppo ./.
Cut/vb it/ppo out/rp ''/'' ./.
But/cc I/ppss will/md not/* skip/vb it/ppo or/cc cut/vb it/ppo out/rp ./.
It/pps is/bez not/* my/pp$ intention/nn in/in this/dt narrative/nn to/to picture/vb myself/ppl as/cs a/at helpless/jj victim/nn moored/vbn to/in the/at rock/nn of/in experience/nn and/cc left/vbn to/in the/at buffetings/nns of/in chance/nn ./.
If/cs to/to be/be innocent/jj is/bez to/to be/be helpless/jj ,/, then/rb I/ppss had/hvd been/ben --/-- as/cs are/ber we/ppss all/abn --/-- helpless/jj at/in the/at start/nn ./.
But/cc the/at time/nn came/vbd when/wrb I/ppss was/bedz no/ql longer/rbr innocent/jj and/cc therefore/rb no/ql longer/rbr helpless/jj ./.
Helpless/jj in/in that/dt sense/nn I/ppss can/md never/rb be/be again/rb ./.
However/rb ,/, I/ppss confess/vb my/pp$ hope/nn that/cs I/ppss will/md be/be innocent/jj again/rb ,/, not/* with/in a/at pristine/jj ,/, accidental/jj innocence/nn ,/, but/cc rather/rb with/in an/at innocence/nn achieved/vbn by/in the/at slow/jj cutting/nn away/rb of/in the/at flesh/nn to/to reach/vb the/at bone/nn ./.


	For/cs innocence/nn ,/, of/in all/abn the/at graces/nns of/in the/at spirit/nn ,/, is/bez I/ppss believe/vb the/at one/cd most/rbt to/to be/be prayed/vbn for/in ./.
Although/cs it/pps is/bez constantly/rb made/vbn to/to look/vb foolish/jj (/( too/ql simple/jj to/to come/vb in/rp out/in of/in the/at rain/nn ,/, people/nns say/vb ,/, who/wps have/hv found/vbn in/in the/at innocent/jj an/at impediment/nn )/) ,/, it/pps does/doz not/* mind/vb looking/vbg foolish/jj because/cs it/pps is/bez not/* concerned/vbn with/in how/wrb it/pps looks/vbz ./.
It/pps assumes/vbz that/cs things/nns are/ber as/cs they/ppss seem/vb when/wrb they/ppss seem/vb best/jjt ,/, and/cc when/wrb they/ppss seem/vb worst/jjt it/pps overlooks/vbz them/ppo ./.
To/in innocence/nn ,/, a/at word/nn given/vbn is/bez a/at word/nn that/wps will/md be/be kept/vbn ./.
Instinctively/rb ,/, innocence/nn does/doz unto/in others/nns as/cs it/pps expects/vbz to/to be/be done/vbn by/in ./.
But/cc when/wrb these/dts expectations/nns are/ber once/rb too/ql often/rb ground/vbn into/in the/at dust/nn ,/, innocence/nn can/md falter/vb ,/, since/cs its/pp$ strength/nn is/bez according/in to/in the/at strength/nn of/in him/ppo who/wps possesses/vbz it/ppo ./.
The/at innocence/nn of/in which/wdt I/ppss speak/vb is/bez ,/, I/ppss know/vb ,/, not/* incorruptible/jj ./.
But/cc I/ppss insist/vb upon/in believing/vbg that/cs even/rb when/wrb it/pps is/bez lost/vbn ,/, it/pps may/md ,/, like/cs paradise/nn ,/, be/be regained/vbn ./.


	However/rb ,/, it/pps was/bedz not/* of/in innocence/nn in/in general/jj that/cs I/ppss was/bedz speaking/vbg ,/, but/cc of/in perhaps/rb the/at frailest/jjt and/cc surely/rb the/at least/ql important/jj side/nn of/in it/ppo which/wdt is/bez innocence/nn in/in romantic/jj love/nn ./.
Here/rb ,/, if/cs anywhere/rb ,/, it/pps is/bez not/* wholly/ql incontrovertible/jj ./.
To/in you/ppo ,/, for/in instance/nn ,/, the/at word/nn innocence/nn ,/, in/in this/dt connotation/nn ,/, probably/rb retained/vbd its/pp$ Biblical/jj ,/, or/cc should/md I/ppss say/vb technical/jj sense/nn ,/, and/cc therefore/rb I/ppss suppose/vb I/ppss must/md make/vb myself/ppl quite/ql clear/jj by/in saying/vbg that/cs I/ppss lost/vbd --/-- or/cc rather/rb handed/vbd over/rp --/-- what/wdt you/ppss would/md have/hv considered/vbn to/to be/be my/pp$ innocence/nn two/cd weeks/nns before/cs I/ppss was/bedz legally/rb entitled/vbn ,/, and/cc in/in fact/nn by/in oath/nn required/vbn ,/, to/to hand/vb it/ppo over/rp along/rb with/in what/wdt other/ap goods/nns and/cc bads/nns I/ppss had/hvd ./.
But/cc to/in me/ppo innocence/nn is/bez far/ql less/ql tangible/jj ./.
I/ppss had/hvd long/rb since/rb begun/vbn to/to lose/vb my/pp$ general/jj innocence/nn when/wrb I/ppss lost/vbd my/pp$ trust/nn in/in you/ppo ,/, but/cc this/dt special/nn innocence/nn I/ppss lost/vbd before/in ever/rb I/ppss loved/vbd ,/, through/in my/pp$ discovery/nn that/cs one/pn could/md tremble/vb with/in desire/nn and/cc even/rb experience/vb a/at flaming/vbg delight/nn that/wps had/hvd nothing/pn ,/, nothing/pn whatever/wdt to/to do/do with/in friendship/nn or/cc liking/vbg ,/, let/vb alone/rb with/in love/nn ./.
I/ppss knew/vbd this/dt knowledge/nn to/to be/be corrupting/vbg at/in the/at time/nn I/ppss acquired/vbd it/ppo ;/. ;/.
today/nr ,/, these/dts many/ap years/nns later/rbr ,/, after/in all/abn the/at temptations/nns resisted/vbn or/cc yielded/vbn to/in ,/, the/at weasel/nn satisfactions/nns and/cc the/at engulfing/vbg dissatisfactions/nns since/in endured/vbn ,/, I/ppss call/vb it/ppo corrupting/vbg still/rb ./.


	You/ppss ,/, I/ppss could/md swear/vb to/in it/ppo ,/, remained/vbd innocent/jj in/in this/dt sense/nn until/in the/at end/nn ./.
Yours/pp$$ ,/, but/cc not/* mine/pp$$ ,/, was/bedz an/at age/nn in/in which/wdt innocence/nn was/bedz fostered/vbn and/cc carefully/rb --/-- if/cs not/* perhaps/rb altogether/ql innocently/rb --/-- preserved/vbn ./.
You/ppss had/hvd grown/vbn up/rp at/in a/at time/nn when/wrb the/at most/ql distinguishing/vbg mark/nn of/in a/at lady/nn was/bedz the/at noli/fw-vb me/fw-ppo tangere/fw-vb writ/vbn plain/rb across/in her/pp$ face/nn ./.
Moreover/rb ,/, because/rb of/in the/at particular/jj blot/nn on/in your/pp$ family/nn escutcheon/nn through/in what/wdt may/md only/rb have/hv been/ben one/cd unbridled/vbn moment/nn on/in your/pp$ grandmother's/nn$ part/nn ,/, and/cc because/cs you/ppss had/hvd the/at lean-to/nn kitchen/nn and/cc trundle/nn bed/nn of/in your/pp$ childhood/nn to/to outgrow/vb ,/, what/wdt you/ppss obviously/rb most/ql desired/vbn with/in both/abx your/pp$ conscious/jj and/cc unconscious/jj person/nn ,/, what/wdt you/ppss bent/vbd your/pp$ whole/jj will/nn ,/, sensibility/nn ,/, and/cc intelligence/nn upon/in ,/, was/bedz to/to be/be a/at lady/nn ./.
Before/cs being/beg daughter/nn ,/, wife/nn ,/, or/cc mother/nn ,/, before/cs being/beg cultured/vbn (/( a/at word/nn now/rb bereft/jj both/abx socially/rb and/cc politically/rb of/in the/at sheen/nn you/ppss children/nns of/in frontiersmen/nns bestowed/vbd on/in it/ppo )/) ,/, before/cs being/beg sorry/jj for/in the/at poor/jj ,/, progressive/jj about/in public/jj health/nn ,/, and/cc prettily/rb if/cs somewhat/ql imprecisely/ql humanitarian/jj ,/, indeed/rb first/od and/cc foremost/rb ,/, you/ppss were/bed a/at lady/nn ./.
There/ex was/bedz ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, more/ap to/in the/at portrait/nn of/in a/at lady/nn you/ppss carried/vbd in/in your/pp$ mind's/nn$ eye/nn than/cs the/at sine/fw-in qua/fw-wdt non/fw-* of/in her/pp$ virtue/nn ./.
A/at lady/nn ,/, you/ppss made/vbd clear/jj to/in me/ppo both/abx by/in precept/nn and/cc example/nn ,/, never/rb raised/vbd her/pp$ voice/nn or/cc slumped/vbd in/in her/pp$ chair/nn ,/, never/rb failed/vbd in/in social/jj tact/nn (/( in/in heaven/nn ,/, for/in instance/nn ,/, would/md not/* mention/vb St./nn-tl John/np-tl the/at-tl Baptist's/np$-tl head/nn )/) ,/, never/rb pouted/vbd or/cc withdrew/vbd or/cc scandalized/vbd in/in company/nn ,/, never/rb reminded/vbd others/nns of/in her/pp$ physical/jj presence/nn by/in unseemly/jj sound/nn or/cc gesture/nn ,/, never/rb indulged/vbd in/in public/jj scenes/nns or/cc private/jj confidences/nns ,/, never/rb spoke/vbd of/in money/nn save/in in/in terms/nns of/in alleviating/vbg suffering/vbg ,/, never/rb gossiped/vbd or/cc maligned/vbd ,/, never/rb stressed/vbd but/cc always/rb minimized/vbd the/at hopelessness/nn of/in anything/pn from/in sin/nn to/in death/nn itself/ppl ./.