She found herself suddenly surrounded by a host of assumptions. It was assumed that she trembled for joy in his presence, languished in his absence, existed solely (but humbly) for the furtherance of his ambitions, and thought him the most remarkable man alive, as she herself was the most favoured of women, a belief in which everybody was fondly prepared to indulge her. Such was the unanimity of these assumptions that she was almost persuaded into believing them true.
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Vita Sackville-West was a 19th-century English writer and gardener. Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Read more on Wikipedia →