Feh. At this point I think if he had whipped her she would have felt she deserved it because she should have been more articulate with the truth or maybe because she lied in the past.
I hate to blame the victim, but dude.
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Feh. At this point I think if he had whipped her she would have felt she deserved it because she should have been more articulate with the truth or maybe because she lied in the past.
I hate to blame the victim, but dude.
Three times so far, he's punished her unjustly, or came very close to it, and then within a day promised her that he would be less stern and frightening. And every time, she responds that she loves him.
Ew. A passage that begins with
Mr. Dinsmore sat there a long time with his little daughter on his knee, caressing her more tenderly than ever before;
ends with him finding a locket that she always wears tucked under her dress.
Does anyone who reads these, at least modern humans who read these, come out with anything other than "EEWWWW! GROSS! SICK! TWISTED! WRONG!"?
Yes. These people: [link]
Seriously, is this a book about God, or about BDSM?
I need to shower. I think I still have some of that link on me.
He makes her memorize two chapters of the bible as punishment for being rude to her grandfather. (In the past chapter, he's made a sudden change to doting father. I'm waiting to see how long this lasts.) She says that memorizing the bible is no punishment, because she loves it so.
In good parent news: Yay! Stephanie, Ellie and fam. Glad to read it!
yay!!!!ellie's home !