? ? ? ? I felt so injured by the inconsequential nature of this charge, that it gave me courage to be grave.
? ? ? ? 'Now, my own Dora,' said I, 'you are very childish, and are talking nonsense. You must remember, I am sure, that I was obliged to go out yesterday when dinner was half over; and that, the day before, I was made quite unwell by being obliged to eat underdone veal in a hurry; today, I don't dine at all - and I am afraid to say how long we waited for breakfast - and then the water didn't boil. I don't mean to reproach you, my dear, but this is not comfortable.'
? ? ? ? 'Oh, you cruel, cruel boy, to say I am a disagreeable wife!' cried Dora.
? ? ? ? 'Now, my dear Dora, you must know that I never said that!'
? ? ? ? 'You said, I wasn't comfortable!' cried Dora. 'I said the housekeeping was not comfortable!'
? ? ? ? 'It's exactly the same thing!' cried Dora. And she evidently thought so, for she wept most grievously.
? ? ? ? I took another turn across the room, full of love for my pretty wife, and distracted by self-accusatory inclinations to knock my head against the door. I sat down again, and said:
? ? ? ? 'I am not blaming you, Dora.
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