Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Perhaps it would have been too much like housekeeping," she
laughed; "kind of what Mary would call indelicate--"

"Or raw," Billy interpolated. "She was always springin' that
word."

"And yet look what became of her."

"That's the way with all of them," Billy growled somberly. "I've
always noticed it's the fastidious, la-de-da ones that turn out
the rottenest. They're like some horses I know, a-shyin' at the
things they're the least afraid of."