Thank Heaven Fasting by E. M. Delafield

Author:E. M. Delafield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 1988-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Monica read the letter all through twice—the first time so quickly that she could hardly take in the meaning of the words, and the second time very slowly.

So it was quite true, and her mother had been right.

Christopher Lane was a cad. He hadn’t, ever, really loved her and wanted to marry her. He’d just been taking advantage of a girl who had made herself cheap, and had allowed him to “take liberties” with her.

Before the tidal wave of pain and humiliation that had risen on the horizon of consciousness had actually broken, engulfing her youth and her confidence in herself and in life, Monica had time for that flash of astonished conviction:

Her mother had been right all the time.

It was a conviction from which she was never again wholly to free herself.

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