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Now, for the first time, it startled her a little to find how little she knew of the material foundation on which her happiness was built. She glanced again at her husband, and was reassured by the composure of his face; yet she felt the need of more definite grounds for her reassurance. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IT STARTLED HER A LITTLE TO FIND HOW LITTLE SHE KNEW OF THE MATERIAL FOUNDATION ON WHICH HER HAPPINESS WAS BUILT SHE GLANCED AT HER HUSBAND AND WAS AGAIN REASSURED BY THE COMPOSURE OF HIS FACE YET SHE FELT THE NEED OF MORE DEFINITE GROUNDS FOR HER REASSURANCE
me shyster lawyer got hold of him and talked him over. It's all rather technical and complicated. I thought that kind of thing bored you." His wife felt a sting of compunction. Theoretically, she deprecated the American wife's detachment from her husband's professional interests, but in practice she had always found it difficult to fix her attention on Boyne's report of the transactions in which his varied interests involved him. Besides, she had felt from the first that, in a community where the amenities of living could be obtained only at the cost of efforts as arduous as her husband's professional labors, such brief leisure as they could command should be used as an escape from immediate preoccupations, a flight to the life they always dreamed of living. Once or twice, now that this new life had actually drawn its magic circle about them, she had asked herself if she had done right; but hitherto such conjectures had been no more than the retrospective excursions of an active fancy. STER LAWYER GOT HOLD OF HIM AND TALKED HIM OVER IT'S ALL RATHER TECHNICAL AND COMPLICATED I THOUGHT THAT KIND OF THING BORED YOU HIS WIFE FELT A STING OF COMPUNCTION THEORETICALLY SHE DEPRECATED THE AMERICAN WIFE'S DETACHMENT FROM HER HUSBAND'S PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS BUT IN PRACTICE SHE HAD ALWAYS FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO FIX HER ATTENTION ON BOYNE'S REPORT OF THE TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH HIS VARIED INTERESTS INVOLVED HIM BESIDES SHE HAD FELT DURING THEIR YEARS OF EXILE THAT IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THE AMENITIES OF LIVING COULD BE OBTAINED ONLY AT THE COST OF EFFORTS AS ARDUOUS AS HER HUSBAND'S PROFESSIONAL LABORS SUCH BRIEF LEISURE AS HE AND SHE COULD COMMAND SHOULD BE USED AS AN ESCAPE FROM IMMEDIATE PREOCCUPATIONS A FLIGHT TO THE LIFE THEY HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF LIVING ONCE OR TWICE NOW THAT THIS NEW LIFE HAD ACTUALLY DRAWN ITS MAGIC CIRCLE ABOUT THEM SHE HAD ASKED HERSELF IF SHE HAD DONE RIGHT BUT HITHERTO SUCH CONJECTURES HAD BEEN NO MORE THAN THE RETROSPECTIVE EXCURSIONS OF AN ACTIVE FANCY
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