He went off searching for Miss Mary a day or two, like his godly heart was broken.

Miss Mary declared she felt, for her part, she never dared venture.

"Mother, open the door and let this man go out; he is undoubtedly crazy," said Miss Mary.

"That's no reason to leave your class, Miss Mary, and you ought to know better."

When Miss Mary died in 1849, she too was buried beneath the chapel.

"Miss Mary is on the verge of collapse," he cried.

As in "Miss Mary," she hopes to attract someone of international stature to play the lead.

Some whispered that a hopeless love for Miss Mary was behind it all.

She said instead, "Then would you leave the door open and we'll bring Miss Mary in."

Miss Mary," he was, it seemed, a man of few words, 'your room's ready. "