Too Many Wasted Years — Susan Shaw

Edith hears her young man has died fighting at the front after their last quarrelsome meeting when she refuses his advances to make love. During her grief she meets Alfred, a passionate man; she's soon pregnant yet unwed. Though a kind man money runs through his fingers causing many changes in their circumstances. Edith spends her marriage regretting he isn't her first love. When Alfred dies, Edith becomes a housekeeper and discovers what love really means. She realises she's been chasing a dream, but it's too late to go back and make amends to Alfred.