“Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault. But because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.  It had gone beyond her.. beyond everything.  He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way.  No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.”

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