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How interesting, Phantomlink959!

Could they be the guys who didn't get the gal?

Sherlock Holmes only spoke of her as The Woman, but Irene Adler would never die in SH's heart. (She died in 'A Scandal in Bohemia' though.)

Heathcliffe was the morose, temperamental bastard I hated within twenty pages because he couldn't get Cathy.

Lancelot's affaire with Guinevere ended with his exile and Guinevere nearly dying at the stake, only to be rescued by Lancelot. However, then she entered a convent and stayed there.

I won't suggest any fourth couple because it's not fair to you. I find that if I can find the stumbling block it's often something I can leap over. If the love affaires which ended unhappily is or is not the piece of the puzzle you've been looking for, it might spark the 'Eureka' moment when all the dross gets washed away and it's golden from then on. Besides, it's highly impolite to try to complete other people's work. Suggestions are another thing altogether.

We make an interesting group. I'm finding some overlaps already on this thread. And you know, that so many people are already here working on teams seems to me to mean that restricting the allusions to single individuals chafed at the creativity and obsessiveness (maybe) that others of us felt.

Thank you again, Master Moridin!