"That one thing I envy no one.

You are wondering why I have never considered marriage as a possible way out?
Well, it isn't a possible way--for me.

Marriage is a hideous thing--hideous!" She wasn't young now, that was certain.

It was no child who stood there with a face of sick distaste.

The professor's mood of indulgent maturity melted into dismay before the half-seen horror in her eyes.
But the moment of revelation passed as quickly as it had come.