“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!”
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“Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown
An' peeked in thru' the winder,
An there sot Huldy all alone,
'ith no one nigh to hender.”
The Courtin' .
The Biglow Papers (1848–1866), Series II (1866)
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