A friend told me this story recently about an older gentlemen (let us call him Mr. Murphy) he knows who is in his 80s. Mr. Murphy’s wife of 50 years died last year. At tea with my friend Mr. Murphy announced that he is getting married again later this year; to a woman to whom he was previously engaged 56 years ago. Mr. Murphy made her a ring from a silver shilling. She kept if for 56 years and now it’s her engagement ring. And, if this doesn’t remind you of this short story by William Trevor, it should.