y" and "the product of lonely women." Even though he had not named anyone in particular in his article, Emily knew it was about her, and took it deeply personally. She was also terribly distraught by one of her friends, Charles Wadsworth, moving out west; it has been suspected that Emily was infatuated with this man for years. Emotionally traumatized, she began to pull away from societal life. She began to wear only the color white, and took to walking for long periods of time around the countryside; this was the beginning of her "eccentrici
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