The Five-Minute Marriage
“In whichever direction she turned her thoughts, they encountered so many occasions to alarm, distress, or mortify, that her mind seemed to rebound, wretchedly, from one point to another. As soon as she tried to fix on one aspect of her troubles, to arrive at some practical resolution, some different cause for anxiety would intrude itself.First, and worst, was her quarrel with Gareth, and her impulsive announcement that she would immediately remove herself and her mother from Curzon Street.Certa...inly it was her most eager wish to do so; she felt she would die if obliged to remain for another twenty-four hours under the same roof with Gareth; yet how could she possibly subject her poor mother, after such an unprecedented series of shocks, to the distress of yet another upheaval? It could not possibly be done within twenty-four hours; Mrs. Carteret’s spirits must be given a few days, at least, in which to settle.Then there was the horrifying—but hardly to be doubted—fact that Elaine Carteret apparently hated them enough to attempt to contrive their death—or at least, that of Mrs.MoreLess
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