unlistened-to

Updated: May 7, 2025

That's one real advance the modern mind has made, anyhow, despite all the rest of the welter and uncertainty." "Of course, dearest." He would go on. After a while Cecil would awake guiltily and inject a fresh, almost gay interest into her sleepy voice. She was not so unfettered as not to dread the wounded esteem of the unlistened-to male. She would lean over and kiss Adrian.

Various - O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920