“The Good Girl” by Elizabeth Bowen

Not for the first time, nor for the last, have I read about the semi-monied pre-war classes and been utterly baffled.

This is my first time reading Elizabeth Bowen, and the details are astonishing! “Tulips lifted gay little cups of light.” And in an empty room next to a debauched party, “an outraged little clock ticked angrily in the darkness.”