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. As Blueskin still continued obstinate, the judgment appointed to be executed
upon such prisoners as stood mute, was then read. This suggestion being approved, was instantly acted upon, and the thief-taker,
accompanied by a body of the grenadiers, rode forward. Mere hangers on. Wood. ’
Melusine hesitated. Small, but eminently serviceable. She hated tricking Shari,
whose joy for life was the only thing that made her naive
enough to fall for laced iced tea or hot cocoa, depending
on the season. ’
‘How do you know?’ Lucilla repeated, almost as sceptical as her intended
spouse. By the time she arrived at the Beck’s doorstep, the
morning was risen. She was dressed as a white woman should be; and
that for the present satisfied her instincts. ”
They returned to the crypt. When she came in after dinner that night, Ruth was no longer an interesting
phenomenon, something figuratively to tear apart and investigate: she was
talismanic.
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