Codicil Emerald Diana Gaylord Sutton

Codicil was written by Delderfield as the finish to his romantic novel Diana.
I cannot read the book and not be moved .. often to tears.
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I have recently been challenged to give up my love. I would never give up a friend, but the other matter is different. I look to the unjust skies, and I ask why. It hardly seems fair.
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Ronald Frederick Delderfield (February 12, 1912 June 24, 1972) was a popular English novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read.