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[rememberthelady]

"Remember the ladies". If only they had...

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[monticello_tj]

I assure you, Mrs. Adams, for some of us, the ladies were quite well in mind.

I suppose it all eventually turned out for the best.

[rememberthelady]

My dear Friend. I should of course have qualified the statement, but I fear I could not within the constraint presented by the required number of words. For many, certainly, the ladies were not well in mind, but I had every faith they were within your thoughts.

Eventually, yes. How odd that a word meant to comfort so frequently carries a sting. The ladies were remembered... eventually.

[monticello_tj]

Likewise, the abomination of slavery was abolished eventually, and the deep divisions between North and South were reconciled eventually. Perhaps change may only come about in delay from its appropriate time.

[rememberthelady]

Perhaps this is true.

Perhaps delay seems less appropriate when one is part of those who wish the immediate comfort rather than... "eventually".

[mortallycoiled]

Now now, we all know it's quite impossible to forget the finer sex.

[rememberthelady]

Certainly, my eyes must deceive me...

[mortallycoiled]

Must they? And here I thought your eyes were made of sterner stuff.

[rememberthelady]

Now I am more certain than ever that they do not. Though years may have passed, my dear Mr. Monroe, I cannot think of any other man so ready to comment upon the eyes--or other attributes--of any woman.