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After the door of a woman's heart has once swung on its silent hinges, a man thinks he can prop it open with a brick and go away and leave it.

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Myrtle Reed
Age: 36 †
Born: 1874
Born: September 27
Died: 1911
Died: August 17
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Olive Green
Myrtle Reed MacCollough
Woman
Brick
Away
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Heart
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Men
Door
Thinking
Silent
Swung
Doors
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Leave
Hinges
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