Over the course of those two and one-half decades , Mrs . Johnson attempted to locate Kincaid only once , and then unsuccessfully , after the passing of her husband . Two final points are in about Waller 's telling of the story-within-the-novel . The first is that , notwithstanding the brevity of the actual affair of Robert and Francesca , Waller leaves little doubt that theirs was much more than a fleeting romance or momentary concession to impulse . As Robert said upon learning that Francesca must stay...











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