fondly-indulged

Updated: May 16, 2025

To him she had always appeared the most beautiful woman in the world. And now the fondly-indulged wife could do nothing but lie on her sofa and shed a rain of incessant tears, and drink strong tea, which had lost its power to comfort or exhilarate. She would see no one.

M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon - Vixen, Volume I.