Book 2, Chapter 21: A Dreadful Inheritance

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​⁠It has always been, and still is, somewhat of a puzzle to me to account for the sudden and complete change in my point of view in regard to my union with Jasper. Lilith would doubtless have explained it as a case of subconscious reflection, and probably she would have been right. My impression is that Peggy’s matter-of-fact attitude towards marriage unsanctioned by law had a more profound effect t