Encounter With Venus (2003)
“Everything had gone wrong. She hadn’t wanted him to take her home in the first place, but she certainly hadn’t wished for him to be compelled to stay. She was ashamed of how her uncle ran his household. She’d never invited Felicia or any of her school friends to visit her, nor had she ever told them how dismal her life was. She didn’t want her friends to pity her. Even her friends’ pity, however, would be more bearable than pity from George. To have him pity her was an unimaginable pain.
Yet ci...rcumstances had conspired to bring her worst nightmare about. George had learned firsthand the awful details—that no fires were permitted in most of the rooms, that every servant had to do the work of three, that her uncle was thoughtless and selfish, and, worst of all, that she didn’t have the will or the character to assert herself. George had even found it necessary to give her uncle the scolding that she herself should have given him years ago.
Ever since she’d met George, his behavior toward her had troubled her.MoreLess
Yet ci...rcumstances had conspired to bring her worst nightmare about. George had learned firsthand the awful details—that no fires were permitted in most of the rooms, that every servant had to do the work of three, that her uncle was thoughtless and selfish, and, worst of all, that she didn’t have the will or the character to assert herself. George had even found it necessary to give her uncle the scolding that she herself should have given him years ago.
Ever since she’d met George, his behavior toward her had troubled her.MoreLess
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