but yet so fair/The look you on me threw/You told me I must never dare/To hope for love from you." William concludes the sonnet by saying that he will commit suicide because Alice will not marry him. There were also times where his letters to her were candidly erotic--he would describe her physical and personality characteristics and state how "desirable" and "lovable" they made her.

Relationship with Katharine Peabody Loring

James's relationship with her companion Katharine Peabody Loring,

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