‘You’re as mad as she is, Gerald. "I believe he is conscious," she answered. Their houses became a refuge of ill
repute, the source of rumor and intrigue in the highest
echelons of society. Courtlaw
rose to his feet. We Spurlocks take our medicine, standing. And in these crowded four weeks,
what had she learned? That all horizons were lies: that smiles and handshakes
and goodbyes and welcomes were lies: that there were really no to-morrows,
only a treadmill of to-days: and that out of these lies and mirages she had
plucked a bitter truth—she was alone. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported
to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who
so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of
accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other
phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none
entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering
dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect
of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is
in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be
acquainted. But we smirk a little, I’m afraid, habitually when we talk to
you. No matter. We should not
bar any engagements at private houses, but in other respects the arrangement
must be exclusive. ”
“I thought Mr.
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