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I've tried by tender and conscientious nursing to keep my grudge against you alive, but I find it has died on me.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker jokes that they carefully tended a grudge against the listener, as if it were an ailing patient, yet it has died anyway. It is a wry way of confessing that resentment has faded and forgiveness has arrived, whether or not they wanted it.
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