very-little

Updated: May 18, 2025

Just that moment, a dim, untraceable association of ideas drew her back until she was face-to-face with a long-forgotten incident in her very-little girlhood. Once upon a time, there had been a moment when she had experienced much the same sort of feeling she had now the feeling of wanting to cry out and run away. As a matter of fact, she had cried out and run away. Why, and from what?

Julie Mathilde Lippmann - Martha By-the-Day