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He  Archibald Jordan  before whom women had bowed and trembled for five and twenty years  was _he_ to come and go at a wife's bidding? And at length the thought seemed so utterly preposterous that he sped northward as fast as possible, determined to right himself this very evening. HE ARCHIBALD JORDAN BEFORE WHOM WOMEN HAD BOWED AND TREMBLED FOR FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS WAS HE TO COME AND GO AT A WIFE'S BIDDING AND AT LENGTH THE THOUGHT SEEMED SO UTTERLY PREPOSTEROUS THAT HE SPED NORTHWARD AS FAST AS POSSIBLE DETERMINED TO RIGHT HIMSELF THIS VERY EVENING
lent housekeeper, the kind of wife to do him credit and improve his social position; but self-willed, pertinacious, and probably thinking herself his superior in every respect. He had nothing to fear but subjection--the one thing he had never anticipated, the one thing he could never endure. He went off to business without seeing his wife again, and passed a lamentable day. At his ordinary hour of return, instead of setting off homeward, he strayed about the by-streets of Islington and Pentonville. Not till this moment had he felt how dear they were to him, the familiar streets; their very odours fell sweet upon his nostrils. Never again could he go hither and thither, among the old friends, the old places, to his heart's content. What had possessed him to abandon this precious liberty! The thought of Wood Green revolted him; live there as long as he might, he would never be at home. He thought of his wife (now waiting for him) with fear, and then with a reaction of rage. Let her wait! D WELL MEANING WOMAN AN EXCELLENT HOUSEKEEPER THE KIND OF WIFE TO DO HIM CREDIT AND IMPROVE HIS SOCIAL POSITION BUT SELF WILLED PERTINACIOUS AND PROPERLY THINKING HERSELF HIS SUPERIOR IN EVERY RESPECT HE HAD NOTHING TO FEAR BUT SUBJECTION THE ONE THING HE HAD NEVER ANTICIPATED THE ONE THING HE COULD NEVER ENDURE HE WENT OFF TO BUSINESS WITHOUT SEEING HIS WIFE AGAIN AND PASSED A LAMENTABLE DAY AT HIS ORDINARY HOUR OF RETURN INSTEAD OF SETTING OFF HOMEWARD HE STRAYED ABOUT THE BY STREETS OF ISLINGTON AND PENTONVILLE NOT TILL THIS MOMENT HAD HE FELT HOW DEAR THEY WERE TO HIM THE FAMILIAR STREETS THEIR VERY ODORS FELL SWEET UPON HIS NOSTRILS NEVER AGAIN COULD HE GO HITHER AND THITHER AMONG THE OLD FRIENDS THE OLD PLACES TO HIS HEART'S CONTENT WHAT HAD POSSESSED HIM TO ABANDON THIS PRECIOUS LIBERTY THE THOUGHT OF WOOD GREEN REVOLTED HIM LIVED THERE AS LONG AS HE MIGHT HE WOULD NEVER BE AT HOME HE THOUGHT OF HIS WIFE NOW WAITING FOR HIM WITH FEAR AND THEN WITH A REACTION OF RAGE LET HER WAIT
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