Nella Larsen "Quicksand": Difference between revisions

Helga travels back to Harlem, promissing to venture back to her white relatives in Denmark after a short visit of 6 weeks. At a party, meeting and greeting numerous "substantial" persons of the community, Helga, reunites with her former fiance. However, his personality remains the same, but to her suprise Helga detects herself enamoured with Anne's new husband Dr. Anderson, the former principle of Naxos. A romantic interlude happens with Dr. Anderson, and Helga is stirred with passion. Later, after a secret meeting between Helga and Dr. Anderson, Helga finds that Dr. Anderson has rebuked her romantic efforts, with a formal apology and an admission that he was a "fool" to have kissed her.

<p style="text-align:center;">''"She had ruined everything. Ruined it because she had been so silly as to close her eyes to all the indications that pointed to the fact that no matter what the intensity of his feelings or desires might be, he was not the sort of man who would for any reason give up one particle of his own good opinion of himself. Not even for her. Not even though he knew that she wanted so terribly something special from him."'' '''''-Quicksand'''''</p><br>