Or could it have been a last-ditch strategy to avoid marriage to Skeffington?

This Instinct is so odd, I am sometimes apt to think we were made to no other end. But both before and after her marriage Lady Mary sought not just friends, but close intellectual and emotional companions. There is a curious footnote to their elopement. She had a Paradise with whom she was in love; [...]
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Nora:
She's missed her period by 4 days now.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
Then before I left we had unprotected sex One last time for a while, I was drunk and couldn't climax.. She's always on time with her periods, never late.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
I just came out of basic training.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
The next morning we had unprotected sex...again nothing went into her.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
I was sober and before I came I pulled out extremely early and none of my stuff was in her.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
We drank and later went to her room and had unprotected sex.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
She had a Halloween party on Oct 22nd.
(4 November 2016)

Nora:
I've been talking and seeing this girl for a while.
(4 November 2016)

Janet:
I need some explanation I m getting confused it getting to me.(Relationship) PLEASE!!!?
(4 November 2016)

Janet:
This guy that liked me but he has a girlfriend told one of the few people who talked to me told him I was dating the guy in response she gave me a dirty look.
(4 November 2016)