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Thread #66116   Message #1129778
Posted By: Amos
05-Mar-04 - 10:38 AM
Thread Name: origins: The Dutchman (Michael Smith): meanings?
Subject: RE: The Dutchman (M. Smith): meanings?
What the line about Margaret remembering that for me means is not that she recalls his past for him, but that she still sees him as the lovable man he was in his prime, rather than being fooled by the ravages of time. As any over-55 boomer can tell you, this is the greatest single kindness one person can do for another in that stage of life :>))

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