"I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them."
"The time will come, dear, the time will come."
Gwendolen was more and more convulsed with sobbing; but putting her arms round her mother's neck with an almost painful clinging, she said brokenly, "I can't bear any one to be very near me but you."
Then the mother began to sob, for this spoiled child had never shown such dependence on her before: and so they clung to each other.
I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them."
"The time will come, dear, the time will come."
Gwendolen was convulsed with sobbing; but putting her arms round her mother's neck with an almost painful clinging, she said brokenly, "I can't bear anyone to be very near me but you."
Then the mother began to sob, for this spoiled child had never shown such dependence on her before: and so they clung to each other.