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The Lahore-based Nation reported that the visit took place "amidst feeling of both apprehension and optimism."
There is a long amiable letter to the young Lafayette in 1779, in which Washington, in a giddy mood, drifts into a reverie about competing for Lafayette's young wife with Lafayette himself--a funny bit of teasing, followed abruptly by a rueful reassurance, worthy of Stendhal himself, that "amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a Woman from real inclination has preferred an old man."
The most northerly of the western Maui oceanfront resorts, the Ritz-Carlton is a grand hotel with hints of tropical plantation days, set amidst rugged coves and mountains.
It might pass for deserted, if not for the peacocks and pheasants who inhabit the botanical gardens, and the visitors strolling amidst the palms and rhododendrons.
As you look at this sad-eyed page of agate type amidst your grief, you find yourself deciding that this is not a moment for creative writing.