The Well of Loneliness

That October there arose the first dark cloud. It drifted over to Paris from England, for Anna wrote asking Stephen to Morton but with never a mention of Mary Llewellyn. Not that she ever did mention their friendship in her letters, indeed she completely ignored it; yet this invitation which excluded the girl seemed to Stephen an intentional slight upon Mary. A hot flush of anger spread up to her brow as she read and reread her mother's brief letter:

"I want to discuss some important points regarding the management of the estate. As the place will eventually come to you, I think we should try to keep more in touch. " Then a list of the points Anna wished to discuss; they seemed very trifling indeed to Stephen.