"The Schoolmistress."

An aging spinster, thirty years a diligent teacher, attends a party accompanied by her living companion of twenty years. When she sees her friend flirt with the schoolmaster, she feels despair about her life. In Day’s End and Other Stories (1928), Thirty Tales (1934).

ID: 
b30
Title: 
"The Schoolmistress."
Genre: 
Story
Page Count: 
11
Word Count: 
ca. 2280
Year of Publication: 
1928
Topic: 
Loneliness
Old Age