From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me. Every day of that voyage I loved her more, and many a time since have I kneeled down in the darkness of the night watch and kissed the deck of that ship because I knew her dear feet had trod it. She was never engaged to me. She treated me as fairly as ever a woman treated a man. I have no complaint to make. It was all love on my side, and all good comradeship and friendship on hers. When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man. .Arthur Conan Doyle
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When Nelson Mandela said, "From the first day I met her, she was the only woman to me," he was speaking about how he felt in love with his ex-wife, Winnie. They were separated in the 1960s when Mandela moved to another location in Pretoria, South Africa. His ex-wife was allowed to travel to join him in his new place of residence, but Mandela refused her request because he did not want to be separated from Winnie. He felt that they had built up a life together and it would be unbearable when they parted.
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