<excerpt from mccullers' the ballad of the sad caf�> 2003-06-18.11:55 a.m. There are the lover and the beloved but these two come from different countries. So there is only one thing for the lover to do. He must house his love within himself as best he can; he must create for himself a whole new inward world--a world intense and strange, complete in himself. from Carson McCullers' The Ballad of the Sad Caf� back /& forth /& frosting names are often sad