Her appointment is cut short due to her doctor having a familial emergency. Lately, she's been having queer pains in her heart so she goes to see a doctor about it. Her only consolation is to read some beautiful books about the vast freedom of the natural world by the author John Foster and daydream about her Blue Castle and the lovers in it. On the outside, Valancy is a drab, wallpaper type of girl who is obedient to her mother and often sickly and unhappy. She's the oldest spinster in her family and constantly compared to her more beautiful and popular cousin and her spinsterhood the butt of jokes and pity. The story begins with Valancy Stirling feeling depressed about her life because she feels like she's hardly lived in it. Valancy Stirling is reaching 29 years old and has never fallen in love because her family is so controlling and stifling but one day she dares to break stand up for herself and break family expectations entirely by falling in love with a vagabond.
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