– Dexter’s fiancée whom Dexter describes as “light-haired and sweet and honorable, and a little stout.” Unlike Judy, she quickly gives up her other suitors when Dexter asks her to marry him. Both she and her family are pleased with the engagement, which Dexter breaks off after sleeping with Judy. Though Irene is honorable, she is unexciting and Dexter feels that, while she offers security and domestic satisfaction, he does not feel for her the passion that he feels for Judy.
Irene Scheerer Quotes in Winter Dreams
The Winter Dreams quotes below are all either spoken by Irene Scheerer or refer to Irene Scheerer . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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He knew that Irene would be no more than a curtain spread behind him, a hand moving among gleaming tea-cups, a voice calling to children…fire and loveliness were gone, the magic of nights and the wonder of the varying hours and seasons…slender lips, down-turning, dropping to his lips and bearing him up into the heaven of eyes…. The thing was deep in him.
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Irene Scheerer Quotes in Winter Dreams
The Winter Dreams quotes below are all either spoken by Irene Scheerer or refer to Irene Scheerer . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Section 4
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He knew that Irene would be no more than a curtain spread behind him, a hand moving among gleaming tea-cups, a voice calling to children…fire and loveliness were gone, the magic of nights and the wonder of the varying hours and seasons…slender lips, down-turning, dropping to his lips and bearing him up into the heaven of eyes…. The thing was deep in him.
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