All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we gently say.
“My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.”
“Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance.”