But I
told him the truth before we married--he promised to be patient with
me till I had learned to love him! Now I want to burst into tears
and cry aloud, 'Oh, why did you do it? Why did I let myself be
persuaded into this marriage?'
"I tried to have a talk with him last night, after he had decided to
go away. I was full of pity, and a desire to help. I said I wanted
him to know that no matter how much we might disagree about some
things, I meant to learn to live happily with him. We must find some
sort of compromise, for the sake of the child, if not for ourselves;
we must not let the child suffer. He answered coldly that there
would be no need for the child to suffer, the child would have the
best the world could afford. I suggested that there might arise some
question as to just what the best was; but to that he said nothing.
He went on to rebuke my discontent; had he not given me everything a
woman could want? he asked. He was too polite to mention money; but
he said that I had leisure and entire freedom from care. I was
persisting in assuming cares, while he was doing all in his power to
prevent it.
"And that was as far as we got. I gave up the discussion, for we
should only have gone the old round over again.
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