It was all very nice and novel, but the young lady confided to her friends that she would be more than glad to get back to her quiet and uneventful country life and she would far prefer it as a regular thing even to a residence in Boston.
This friendship was more amiable, but he too felt more for Montgomery than she did for him.
She ceased to seek romantic love.
The character Emily was partly autobiographical, as Emily's dream was to be a writer when she grew up.
In 1898, after much unhappiness and disillusionment, Montgomery broke off her engagement to Simpson.
Montgomery's work, diaries, and letters have been read and studied by scholars and readers worldwide.
The conviction seized upon me that Verdun was safe-that the Germans would not pass the grim barrier of desperate France.
Miss Montgomery, who is entirely unspoiled by her unexpected stroke of fame and fortune, made her first visit to Boston last winter and was lionized to quite an extent, her pleasing personality making a decidedly favourable impression on all who met her.