This is probably the first time Caddy has ever felt like this, that dizzying thrill of standing on the edge of sensible, but I know it well.
This is another example of why it was so fun to play with perspective in the shift from Caddy in BBT to Suze in FFH. Suze is making such an assumption here, because of course Caddy *has* felt that 'dizzying thrill' - she talks about it explicitly in BBT, in relation to Suze herself. But Suzanne doesn't know that, because how could she, and she assumes Caddy has never felt it because of how she sees Caddy, which is the good, solid, dependable, sensible one. Her failure to adjust her view of Caddy is one of the biggest underlying problems in their relationship. (Caddy doesn't cover herself in glory in this book, but Suze is by no means blameless.)
Did I write this exact line for that very reason? Why yes, yes I did.
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