Read "Moth and Rust" by Mary Cholmondeley online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
"I have not sinned against the God of Love. " -- EDMUND GOSSE.
When Anne returned to the house an hour or two later she heard an alien voice and strident laugh through the open door of the drawing-room as she crossed the hall, and she crept noiselessly upstairs towards her own room. She felt as if she were quite unable to bear so soon again the strain of that small family party. But halfway up the stairs her conscience pricked her. Was all well in the drawing-room? She sighed, and went slowly downstairs again.