Quotation from a declaration of love

[Mawby]

Does anyone know a quotation starting `It cannot have escaped your notice` My brother used to recite this quotation fluently but he`s died now so I can`t ask him and it`s bugging me.

[netkey]

Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind said the following:

Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett. I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy. But it cannot have escaped your notice that for some time past the friendship I have felt for you has ripened into a deeper feeling. A feeling more beautiful, more pure, more sacred. Dare I name it? Can it be love?

[Mawby]

That sounds very much like it, thank you, I never expected to have a reply so soon! I`m new to this Website and find it absolutely fascinating, thanks again