All this was settled at the breakfast-table; and it ended
with one of Armadale's neatly-turned compliments, addressed
to myself: 'I mean to take Neelie sailing with me, when we are
married. And you have such good taste, you will be able to tell
me everything the ladies' cabin wants between that time and
this.'
"If some women bring such men as this into the world, ought other
women to allow them to live? It is a matter of opinion. _I_ think
not.
"What maddens me is to see, as I do see plainly, that Midwinter
finds in Armadale's company, and in Armadale's new yacht,
a refuge from me. He is always in better spirits when Armadale
is here. He forgets me in Armadale almost as completely as he
forgets me in his work. And I bear it! What a pattern wife,
what an excellent Christian I am!
"October 19th.--Nothing new. Yesterday over again.
"October 20th.--One piece of news. Midwinter is suffering from
nervous headache; and is working in spite of it, to make time
for his holiday with his friend.
"October 21st.--Midwinter is worse. Angry and wild and
unapproachable, after two bad nights, and two uninterrupted
days at his desk.
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