Dorothy became friendly with Bill White, a motor mechanic who came from a middle class family but was finding it hard to find steady work. He got odd jobs selling cars or fixing them.. and had been visiting friends who lived in the same building as Dorothy. She brought him home to meet her parents but while she had grown fond of him, it does not seem as if the affair was very serious on her part, but she was lonely and had been upset by the end of her relationship with Cournous, who had treated her badly. He had aroused her sexually yet frustrated her, and his behaviour had done a lot of damage to her self esteem.
She liked Bill, who was good natured, and unpretentious. He enjoyed the cinema, he taught her about motor bikes and cars and she was happy to take him to dances at Bensons. However, having been involved sexually with Cornous, it was probably inevitable that her relationship with Bill would quickly become sexual.. in spite of her religious scruples.
She rushed into what she saw as a light relationship which would cheer her up after Cournos' condescending behaviour and desertion. Within a few months, however she accidentally became pregnant, in spite of using precautions. She then found that Bill was a married man, who was in an on and off relationship with his wife. Bill was far from well off and could not marry her.. and she realised that for a third time she had made a bad mistake in getting involved with a man.
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