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[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Baker, John wrote:

>        While the story in this version seems plausible (it's often
> presented as a telegram Parker sent on her honeymoon, although Western
> Union likely would not have accepted such a message), I haven't checked
> Kunkel's source.   He cites Roy Hoopes, Cain:  The Biography of James M.
> Cain 205 (1982).

The forthcoming Yale Book of Quotations gives as source for this John
Keats's 1970 book _You Might As Well Live_.  I would welcome any earlier
evidence.

Fred Shapiro


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