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Seeing her thus, standing in the assured grace which seemed to him to belong to no one else ... he wanted to make her suffer he didThe Reverend Maurice Roper awaits his cousins' return to Old Framling with a mixture of desire and dread: years have passed since he saw Edward, his childhood hero, and Margaret, the woman he secretly loved, but whom Edward married. As temporary incumbent of the parish, Maurice has taken only one decisive step. Although he is reluctant to acknowledge how deeply past slights and thwarted desire still rule him, he is yet aware that his action could disrupt forever the household he so envies. Here, with her characteristic piquancy, E.H. Young explores the pain of loving -- and of being unloved -- to produce an evocative account of human frailty. ISBN:9780860688549
