"Mantenhas were important connections between separated family members. They still are."
Mantenhas were important connections between separated family members
they still are.

the words “strangest” and “unusual” suggest that the narrator is about to tell the story of an odd or puzzling group of people.

what is your question?

there is no woman's sides

can bide the beating of so strong a passion

as love doth give my heart; no woman's heart

so big, to hold so much; they lack retention.

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