His vigorous, unrestrained crying helped purge all anxieties and fears, anger and rebellion. In its wake came an inner peace and tranquility which was particularly strong during the hug of reconciliation and in the warm afterglow of the rest of the day. All that was familiar to enough when his mother or Mrs. Wilkins punished him. But with Belinda, the whole experience took on a new and different quality. On the one hand, her youth made her seem much more accessible and understanding, much closer to them than their mothers were. At the same time, she was a mature woman whose youth made her tremendously desirable in the way the older women were not. And her emotional accessibility made her even more enticing.

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