A Precious Jewel (1993)
“She had washed her hair that afternoon and brushed it carefully into soft curls.
She had hurt him. She knew that. She had chosen just the wrong time to speak to him. She might have known not to speak of such things when he had been settling for sleep after making love to her. His mind had caught onto the idea that she had grown tired of him, and he was hurt.
She sat beside the fire in the parlor, her hands in her lap, planning how she would greet him, how she would smile, what she would say. She did not want him hurt. He had such a fragile sense of his own worth, anyway. She must convince him that she was not tired of him at all. She must find some other way within the next two months of leaving him.
She sat until one o’clock in the morning before taking one of the candles into the hallway and calling to Mr. Prendergast to lock up and see to the fire. And she lay awake upstairs for another few hours, alert for his coming.
The following two evenings followed the exact same pattern.
He ...came one week after his last visit, during the afternoon, when she was out walking with Maud.MoreLess
She had hurt him. She knew that. She had chosen just the wrong time to speak to him. She might have known not to speak of such things when he had been settling for sleep after making love to her. His mind had caught onto the idea that she had grown tired of him, and he was hurt.
She sat beside the fire in the parlor, her hands in her lap, planning how she would greet him, how she would smile, what she would say. She did not want him hurt. He had such a fragile sense of his own worth, anyway. She must convince him that she was not tired of him at all. She must find some other way within the next two months of leaving him.
She sat until one o’clock in the morning before taking one of the candles into the hallway and calling to Mr. Prendergast to lock up and see to the fire. And she lay awake upstairs for another few hours, alert for his coming.
The following two evenings followed the exact same pattern.
He ...came one week after his last visit, during the afternoon, when she was out walking with Maud.MoreLess
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