I found Daisy's quote from the Great Gatsby... it's not as eloquent as I remember.
(This is Daisy's recollection of the birth of her baby. She has also just explained to Nick that she knows that her husband has been unfaithful for years. )
"I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. "All right," I said, "I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
This is what came to mind when we discussed Mrs. Weightman being her husband's greatest masterpiece.
Genevieve
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