Take Hate, Add Love and Shake Tenderly for a Coward Cocktail
Ben BrantleyApril 29, 2002: The laughter stops, at least for a moment, with the first embrace.
It's been more than five years since Amanda and Elyot have been cheek to cheek, and the occasion is honored with a silence that roars like the ocean. Lest you doubt this is serious stuff, check out the expression on her face, seen over his shoulder. It's a look of rapture, resignation and abject terror. As he will say later, none too happily, ''We're in love all right.''
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