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1868
Fate may have ordained the truth telling from the commencement and should justly bear some of the blame; but in having no children the Woman was guilty, at least, of contributory negligence. FATE MAY HAVE ORDAINED THE TRUTH TELLING FROM THE COMMENCEMENT AND SHOULD JUSTLY BEAR SOME OF THE BLAME BUT IN HAVING NO CHILDREN THE WOMAN WAS GUILTY AT LEAST OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
to be so much together in public. (No really provident woman lunches regularly with her husband if she wishes to burst upon him as a revelation at dinner. He must have time to forget; an afternoon is not enough.) And after a while her friends began to thin out in patches. Her passion for the truth was not compatible with a large visiting-list. For instance, she told Miriam Klopstock _exactly_ how she looked at the Ilexes' ball. Certainly Miriam had asked for her candid opinion, but the Woman prayed in church every Sunday for peace in our time, and it was not consistent. It was unfortunate, everyone agreed, that she had no family; with a child or two in the house, there is an unconscious check upon too free an indulgence in the truth. Children are given us to discourage our better emotions. That is why the stage, with all its efforts, can never be as artificial as life; even in an Ibsen drama one must reveal to the audience things that one would suppress before the children or servants.  WAS SCARCELY LOGICAL TO BE SO MUCH TOGETHER IN PUBLIC NO REALLY PROVIDENT WOMAN LUNCHES REGULARLY WITH HER HUSBAND IF SHE WISHES TO BURST UPON HIM AS A REVELATION AT DINNER HE MUST HAVE TIME TO FORGET AN AFTERNOON IS NOT ENOUGH AND AFTER A WHILE HER FRIENDS BEGAN TO THIN OUT IN PATCHES HER PASSION FOR THE TRUTH WAS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE LARGE VISITING LIST FOR INSTANCE SHE TOLD MIRIAM KLOPSTOCK EXACTLY HOW SHE LOOKED AT THE AILEXES BALL CERTAINLY MIRIAM HAD ASKED FOR HER CANDID OPINION BUT THE WOMAN PRAYED IN CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY FOR PEACE IN OUR TIME AND IT WAS NOT CONSISTENT IT WAS UNFORTUNATE EVERYONE AGREED THAT SHE HAD NO FAMILY WITH A CHILD OR TWO IN THE HOUSE THERE IS AN UNCONSCIOUS CHECK UPON TOO FREE AN INDULGENCE IN THE TRUTH CHILDREN HAVE GIVEN US TO DISCOURAGE OUR BETTER EMOTIONS THAT IS WHY THE STAGE WITH ALL ITS EFFORTS CAN NEVER BE AS ARTIFICIAL AS LIFE EVEN IN AN IBSEN DRAMA ONE MUST REVEAL TO THE AUDIENCE THINGS THAT ONE WOULD SUPPRESS BEFORE THE CHILDREN OR SERVANTS
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