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I never forgot her; but the pang of remembrance lost its worst bitterness, little by little.

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“I never forgot her; but the pang of remembrance lost its worst bitterness, little by little.”

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Franklin Blake says distance and new experience reduced the sharpest pain of remembering Rachel without erasing the attachment itself.

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The Moonstone, Project Gutenberg #155. Franklin Blake narrates his attempt to recover after leaving England; the sentence continues by explaining the effects of time, distance and novelty. This is fictional reflection, not clinical guidance.

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