“If others fell by the wayside, dear women and strong, loved by men, how had she, single and unloved, kept her sanity?”

“The weather wouldn't settle down. It would rain cats and dogs, then stop, then drip awhile, then stop while it made up its mind what to do next.”

“If others fell by the wayside, dear women and strong, loved by men, how had she, single and unloved, kept her sanity?”