Nescio (28)

NESCIO (28)

In the meantime, the priestess had taken up gardening to distract her from the fact that her arteries were hardening.

She loved her peonies, brilliant as they were.

She tried not to think of the suicidal sister.

Heart Strings (Not Apron Strings)

Look After Your Heart

Like a Red Rag to a Bleeding Heart

Heart of Stone

As George Gissing once observed - and I paraphrase - she could afford to be kind when she was financially and emotionally secure.  But it's hard to be generous when life's a bitch.

She Hadn't The Heart For Much But Her Hair Got Everywhere