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The final rupture came two years after their marriage. Emily, in rebellious anger, told her husband that she would no longer live in the same house with his mother. "You must choose between us," she said, her splendid voice vibrating with all the unleashed emotion of her being, yet with no faltering in it. "If she stays I go." Stephen Fair, harassed and bewildered, was angry with the relentless anger of a patient man roused at last. THE FINAL RUPTURE CAME TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE EMILY IN REBELLIOUS ANGER TOLD HER HUSBAND THAT SHE WOULD NO LONGER LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER YOU MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN US SHE SAID HER SPLENDID VOICE VIBRATING WITH ALL THE UNLEASHED MOTION OF HER BEING YET WITH NO FALTERING IN IT IF SHE STAYS I GO STEPHEN FAIR HARASSED AND BEWILDERED WAS ANGRY WITH THE RELENTLESS ANGER OF A PATIENT MAN ROUSED AT LAST
re beyond a man's courser comprehension, astonished her husband by her fierce outbursts of anger that seemed to him for the most part without reason or excuse. He tried his best to preserve the peace between his wife and mother; and when he failed, not understanding all that Emily really endured at the elder woman's merciless hands, he grew to think her capricious and easily irritated--a spoiled child whose whims must not be taken too seriously. To a certain extent he was right. Emily had been spoiled. The unbroken indulgence which her brother and sister had always accorded her had fitted her but poorly to cope with the trials of her new life. True, Mrs. Fair was an unpleasant woman to live with, but if Emily had chosen to be more patient under petty insults, and less resentful of her husband's well-meant though clumsy efforts for harmony, the older woman could have effected real little mischief. But this Emily refused to be, and the breach between husband and wife widened insidiously. BTLE THAT THEY WERE BEYOND A MAN'S COARSER COMPREHENSION ASTONISHED HER HUSBAND BY HER FIERCE OUTBURSTS OF ANGER THAT SEEMED TO HIM FOR THE MOST PART WITHOUT REASON OR EXCUSE HE TRIED HIS BEST TO PRESERVE THE PEACE BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND MOTHER AND WHEN HE FAILED NOT UNDERSTANDING ALL THAT EMILY REALLY ENDURED AT THE ELDER WOMAN'S MERCILESS HANDS HE BEGAN TO THINK HER CAPRICIOUS AND EASILY IRRITATED A SPOILED CHILD WHOSE WHIMS MUST NOT BE TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY TO CERTAIN EXTENT HE WAS RIGHT EMILY HAD BEEN SPOILED THE UNBROKEN INDULGENCE WITH HER BROTHER AND SISTER HAD ALWAYS ACCORDED HER HAD FITTED HER BUT POORLY TO COPE WITH THE TRIALS OF HER NEW LIFE TRUE MISSUS FAIR WAS AN UNPLEASANT WOMAN TO LIVE WITH BUT IF EMILY HAD CHOSEN TO BE MORE PATIENT UNDER PETTY INSULTS AND LESS RESENTFUL OF HER HUSBAND'S WELL MEANT THOUGH CLUMSY EFFORTS FOR HARMONY THE OLDER WOMAN COULD HAVE EFFECTED REAL LITTLE MISCHIEF BUT THIS EMILY REFUSED TO BE AND THE BREACH BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE WIDENED INSIDIOUSLY
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