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The thought brought more tears, as well it might, despite Anastasia's reassurances that none but herself was accountable for her choice of husbands. Happily, Miss Hector seemed unaware of the details of her daughter's life, before as well as after marr, understanding only in a general way that it was less than serene and respectable. She was able therefore to recompose herself sooner than she doubtless would have had she known the hard particulars of Anastasia's history.
"I wasawfully upset, you know," she went on presently, referring to the period of her daughter's infancy. "You can'timagine how it is to know that nobody will ever believe the truth, no matter what. Not even you. Not even now. . ."
Anastasia vowed she would, if only her mother would produce it; and so, after a number of unconvinced hums and clucks, Virginia Hector said clearly, almost wryly: "The truth is, I have never in my life. . .gone all the way with a man. Not once, to
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