’ Melusine sank against the wall of the corridor, closing her eyes. “I always get off here and lean over that rail for a bit. I had been about as foolish and selfish as a girl could be. But, urged by his wife's cries, who was more anxious for the preservation of her child's life than her own, he snatched up the infant, and made his escape from the back of the premises. CHAPTER VII. Her thoughts took words for themselves. ’ ‘We are not all of us so empty-headed, Melusine,’ pleaded Miss Froxfield. ‘Certainly I can prove it. Here her strength completely failed her, and she was compelled to seek some repose. ***** From the comatose state, Spurlock passed into that of the babbling fever; but that guarding instinct which is called subconsciousness held a stout leash on his secret. 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. —D'ye hear?" Still the widow remained silent.
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