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Perhaps  this is only a theory to account for his infamous behaviour later on  he gave way to the queer, savage feeling that sometimes takes by the throat a husband twenty years married, when he sees, across the table, the same, same face of his wedded wife, and knows that, as he has sat facing it, so must he continue to sit until the day of its death or his own. PERHAPS THIS IS ONLY A THEORY TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS INFAMOUS BEHAVIOR LATER ON HE GAVE WAY TO THE QUEER SAVAGE FEELING THAT SOMETIMES TAKES BY THE THROAT A HUSBAND TWENTY YEARS MARRIED WHEN HE SEES ACROSS THE TABLE THE SAME FACE OF HIS WEDDED WIFE AND KNOWS THAT AS HE HAS SAT FACING IT SO MUST HE CONTINUE TO SIT UNTIL THE DAY OF ITS DEATH OR HIS OWN
 a wife can bear--as Mrs. Bronckhorst bore--with a long course of brutal, hard chaff, making light of her weaknesses, her headaches, her small fits of gaiety, her dresses, her queer little attempts to make herself attractive to her husband when she knows that she is not what she has been, and--worst of all--the love that she spends on her children. That particular sort of heavy-handed jest was specially dear to Bronckhorst. I suppose that he had first slipped into it, meaning no harm, in the honeymoon, when folk find their ordinary stock of endearments run short, and so go to the other extreme to express their feelings. A similar impulse makes a man say, '_Hutt_, you old beast!' when a favourite horse nuzzles his coat-front. Unluckily, when the reaction of marriage sets in, the form of speech remains, and, the tenderness having died out, hurts the wife more than she cares to say. But Mrs. Bronckhorst was devoted to her 'Teddy' as she called him. Perhaps that was why he objected to her. FIST THAT A WIFE WILL ENDURE BUT SELDOM A WIFE CAN BEAR AS MISSUS BRONCORST BORE WITH A LONG COURSE OF BRUTAL HARD CHAFE MAKING LIGHT OF HER WEAKNESSES HER HEADACHES HER SMALL FITS OF GAYETY HER DRESSES HER QUEER LITTLE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE HERSELF ATTRACTIVE TO HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE KNOWS THAT SHE IS NOT WHAT SHE HAS BEEN AND WORST OF ALL THE LOVE THAT SHE SPENDS ON HER CHILDREN THAT PARTICULAR SORT OF HEAVY HANDED JEST WAS SPECIALLY DEAR TO BRONCURST I SUPPOSE THAT HE HAD FIRST SLIPPED INTO IT MEANING NO HARM IN THE HONEYMOON WHEN FOLK FIND THEIR ORDINARY STOCK OF ENDEARMENTS RUN SHORT AND SO GO TO THE OTHER EXTREME TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS A SIMILAR IMPULSE MAKES A MAN SAY HUT YOU OLD BEAST WHEN A FAVORITE HORSE NUZZLES HIS COAT FRONT UNLUCKILY WHEN THE REACTION OF MARRIAGE SETS IN THE FORM OF SPEECH REMAINS AND THE TENDERNESS HAVING DIED OUT HURTS THE WIFE MORE THAN SHE CARES TO SAY BUT MISSUS BRONCOURST WAS DEVOTED TO HER TEDDY AS SHE CALLED HIM PERHAPS THAT WAS WHY HE OBJECTED TO HER
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