alohabad

Updated: May 13, 2025

But in Fanny there was, he recognized, that fierce if narrow singleness of impulse, of purity. His thoughts of other women were not innocent of provocative conjecture Anette's sinuous body, now as dead to him as Alohabad, recurred to his mind but in this Fanny was utterly loyal. Yes, she had, a thing impossible for any man he had known, a mental singleness of desire.

Joseph Hergesheimer - Cytherea