Oh, to be sure, there was a basic reason behind Sylvia's alleged virginity. Doris knew all about Sylvia - in fact, about all the Sylvia's - and particularly this Sylvia:
The real charge of it was, that Sylvia didn't know anything about herself, really; that's what made it such a big kick for Doris to perennially taunt her.
She didn't know, for example, that she was a latent aggressive-Lesbian! If she did, she surely would have had a real s**t-hemorrhage!
Oh, to be sure, Sylvia might have had faint glimmerings of suspicion about her inner-motives from time to time. However, Sylvia was one of those ultra-rigid, deeply repressed creatures who was so inhibited, that she fought all of those kinds of suspicion to a complete standstill.
For example, when it came to men, Sylvia wouldn't sta
