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Lewis and Mrs. Moore

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Lewis and Mrs. Moore

Postby arthur111 » October 10th, 2006, 6:01 pm

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Postby arthur111 » October 11th, 2006, 3:25 pm

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Postby jo » October 27th, 2006, 5:48 pm

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Postby Karen » October 27th, 2006, 5:59 pm

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Postby jo » October 27th, 2006, 6:03 pm

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Postby jo » October 27th, 2006, 6:04 pm

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Postby Karen » October 27th, 2006, 6:23 pm

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Postby carol » October 27th, 2006, 8:46 pm

I thought Lewis meant that it was more harmonious when Mrs Moore was out of the house, not out of her mind. I'm sure she got more and more difficult with her loss of faculties.
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Postby A#minor » October 28th, 2006, 1:35 am

Yes, you're right, Carol. Lewis wrote that the household was more harmonious on the 31st of August 1948, and that was the summer that Mrs. Moore had been moved to a nursing home.
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Postby jo » October 28th, 2006, 4:35 pm

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Postby Karen » October 28th, 2006, 4:56 pm

He and Paddy Moore promised each other that if either one died during the war, the other would take care of his family.
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Postby Adam Linton » October 28th, 2006, 6:02 pm

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What prove do we have that they were romantically involved?

Postby Friend » October 29th, 2006, 5:01 pm

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Postby Leslie » October 29th, 2006, 5:57 pm

If you read his letters of the post-WWI period, it seems evident that he was in love with Mrs. Moore.
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