Part 2, Chapter 8: The Girl He Left Behind Him

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Gwenna Dampier was always to be truly thankful that at that thunderbolt moment of parting at the church door from the lover who had only been her husband for the last quarter of an hour she had been too dazed to show any emotion.

As at the Aviation Dinner she had been numbed by excess of joy, so, now, the shock had left her stony. She knew that she had turned quite a calm little face to the concern