Fred one little kiss, because of my promise to Ken. It seemed so brutal. When Fred went away I came up here to my room and cried so long and so bitterly that mother came up and insisted on knowing what was the matter. I told her. I felt indescribably comforted.
Mothers are the dearest things.
This was another high explosive for poor mother. I felt idiotic and ashamed by the time I got through. Mother sat a little while in silence. Then she came over, sat down beside me, and took me in her arms. I shall never be too much of a woman to find comfort in mother's hugs.