Mary has cried all night and I have packed her off to iron my gowns – they don’t need it, but she needs something to keep her busy. It’s very early in the morning, and after the late night, my fellow guests are still abed. I don’t wish to see them and I am sure they do not wish to see me, for the...
What does it matter if he sneezes a few times beneath the sheets? ‘Now? With your mother and all your relatives in the house?’ ‘Why should they mind? I didn’t sleep at all last night and I’m unwell. They’ve all drunk so much I daresay they’ll scarcely notice my absence at dinner.’ ‘Your absence?’...
Beside Clarissa, Allen pushed himself up onto one elbow. She felt a terrible shame at her nakedness, at her absorption with her own pleasure, and struggled to cover herself with the sheets. Allen poured them all wine. “What the devil do you mean, March?” March continued, “The problem, apparently,...