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[81] VA N I S H I N G P O I N T ( S ) In the two days since I’ve heard, I’ve seen Jane in line at Loew’s, buying melons in Safeway, rising up in the Library of Congress to applaud a performance by the Leipzig Quartet. The likeness can be strong or faint, just enough for a double take, a jolt to fan guilt. Mendelssohn survived his sister Fanny by less than a year, sought her presence in each note of the F Minor quartet. One might argue Felix wore himself out saying good-by. Did he see her everywhere? White hair, narrow shoulders...that woman in tweed taking communion, so like Jane! How many times must the dead die? ...

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