Sayers new Life

Dorothy had a lot of sadness in the year or so following the birth of her son.  She had to give the baby to her cousin, and she worried about him, although she knew that Ivy was a loving and experienced foster mother. She could not talk to anyone except Ivy about the baby. Her affair with Bill had come to an end. He was unable to do anything to help financially and soon moved on to other relationships. Dorothy gave up hope that he would take any real interest in his son. She met John Cornous again, when he returned from America and for a time she wrote to him. He wasn't very sympathetic but at least she could talk to him about her son. Cornous was still a selfish and difficult man. He had married an American woman during his stay in the US. Dorothy was hurt that after his insistence that he did not believe in marriage, he had chosen to marry another woman. Their correspondence was not very satisfying as he was annoyed that she had become Bill's mistress, after refusing to be his. During her pregnancy, Dorothy had been working on her second novel, Clouds of Witness. She had had to re write some of it, while very preoccupied with her personal problems. The novel was much more emotional than her first, introducing the reader to Gerald, Peter's brother and Mary, his sister whose fiance was found dead. It covered the love affairs of Mary and Gerald, and culminated in a trial in the House of Lords.