The Unsettled Dust
“‘I’m thinking entirely of you.’ Nesta had always been given to believe that, whatever they might say to one, it was a woman’s appearance that men really cared about; and indeed she thought that she well understood their point of view. So understanding had she been in fact, that she had long regarded herself as truly resigned to the wintry consequences in her own case. She would not, therefore, ever have accepted Curtis’s proposal of marriage, had she not greatly, though as yet briefly, loved hi...m. She had a temperamental distaste for extreme measures.
This trait of Nesta’s, and her experience of men, had prevented her discerning that Curtis was a far more desperate character. Having in his early twenties loved a woman of great beauty, he considered that he had learnt his lesson: beauty, although it had its place, was not to be lived with. He took it for granted that there were other values. He was horrified, therefore, to find himself now preoccupied, almost unconsciously at the start, with a stealthy campaign to persuade Nesta to do something about her looks.MoreLess
This trait of Nesta’s, and her experience of men, had prevented her discerning that Curtis was a far more desperate character. Having in his early twenties loved a woman of great beauty, he considered that he had learnt his lesson: beauty, although it had its place, was not to be lived with. He took it for granted that there were other values. He was horrified, therefore, to find himself now preoccupied, almost unconsciously at the start, with a stealthy campaign to persuade Nesta to do something about her looks.MoreLess
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