水中灯盏，纸上房屋

旧碟“浮华新世界” 一看再看，却并不觉得厌。
爱米不能忘却乔治；威廉永不离弃爱米。始终坚贞的眼神、不变如房舍和风景。

“Ought I to be angry with her for being faithful to him?” William thought. “Ought I to be jealous of my friend in the grave, or hurt that such a heart as Amelia’s can love only once and for eer. Oh, George, George, how little you knew the prize you had, though.”
——Vanity Fair

丁尼生的叙事诗“伊诺克阿登”：(伊诺克流落多年回国后，发现爱妻与他俩少年时期的好友重新组成了家庭并且生活得非常美满，便悄悄离去，默默而终)

(安妮:)“人哪能爱两次？爱你哪能胜过我爱伊诺克？你能要求什么呢？
“对我的爱比对伊诺克少点”他答道，“我也情愿”。”