"Then, on the other hand, we underrate evil. We attach such an enormous importance to the 'sin' of meddling with our pockets (and our wives) that we have quite forgotten the awfulness of real sin."
The book has just introduced another character, a young virginal woman named Carol with a rather lengthy back story, who has an interest in folk lore and such, and is also, this is important in the book, a virgin.
It has been a while since I read The White People by Machen, so I think that I should really dive back into it before I progress too much further just so that I can contextually align some of the mentioned elements and what is to come. I'm about a full fifth of the way through so perhaps tonight I shall do that.
I'm fairly certain I have at least ONE anthology which should contain that tale and if not, it's public domain so it should not be too difficult to just read online.
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