perchances

Updated: May 9, 2025

For some days life was thus kept at a tension beyond its natural strain, and Joan and her daughter had no time to recover the every-day atmosphere. But no excitement outlasts the week's perchances and changes, and after the second Sunday all her acquaintances had seen Denas, and curiosity and interest were at their normal standard. All her acquaintances but Tris Penrose.

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr - A Singer from the Sea