Nickey and Sheila may be proving the adage of great minds thinking alike, even when the thoughts are self-doubting ones.
"The course of true love never did run smooth" (MND I:1:184), and now we understand some of what Sheila's encounter with the mirror might be about. She and Nickey clearly have some more talking to do.
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