tessie's

Updated: June 26, 2025

Forty-six, good-looking in a dissolute sort of way, possessing the charm of the wanderer, generous with his money, it was known that Tessie's barbs were permitted to prick him without retaliation because Tessie herself appealed to his errant fancy. When the other girls teased her about this obvious state of affairs something fine and contemptuous welled up in her. "Him!

Edna Ferber - Half Portions