These things bother her too, and that is what she really wanted him to
know, she realises. It's a hard thing to say, and harder to still to
realise the many flaws in her way of life that should have been so obvious
to her earlier. Sybil turns her hand in his, squeezing it back. "Thank you.
I think it's harder some days, to not feel as if I should defend it. And I
know many who had as much as we had or more and who weren't happy. But I
have a loving family, which is more valuable than any of that."
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Date: 2013-11-17 11:50 pm (UTC)These things bother her too, and that is what she really wanted him to know, she realises. It's a hard thing to say, and harder to still to realise the many flaws in her way of life that should have been so obvious to her earlier. Sybil turns her hand in his, squeezing it back. "Thank you. I think it's harder some days, to not feel as if I should defend it. And I know many who had as much as we had or more and who weren't happy. But I have a loving family, which is more valuable than any of that."