“I sat at my desk, head pounding and nose running, until I knew my beloved was on his way back from his meeting.”

“Unusual romantic travels and amazing gifts for beloveds do a life more brightly and give wings.”

“Yes beloveds you too are my children and I have offered you the hand of mercy and forgiveness but you have shunned my love.”

“One of her beloveds was Susan Gilbert, the lovely, combative orphan who married Austin and was Emily's most trusted reader for some thirty years.”