though given that she killed off Dido Twite in the first novel in which she appeared, and only brought her back after receiving a letter from a young fan, I don’t believe she could have been *too* worried, even in the early days, about traumatizing younger readers.

Now that makes me sorry she didn't write more deranged Arthuriana for adults.

Ironically, I realized last night that Goudge averts something in Smoky House which annoys me in at least two of her adult novels, although mostly I wish she just hadn't committed it at all.