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To her husband's gentle admonitions she replied with brevity that she thought her way quite as good as his; or, if he didn't approve of her pronunciation, he might do the other thing, she was too old to go to school again. TO HER HUSBAND'S GENTLE ADMONITIONS SHE REPLIED WITH BREVITY THAT SHE THOUGHT HER WAY QUITE AS GOOD AS HIS OR IF HE DIDN'T APPROVE OF HER PRONUNCIATION HE MIGHT DO THE OTHER THING SHE WAS TOO OLD TO GO TO SCHOOL AGAIN
ries for the magazines; here had come to him many an editorial refusal, but here, too, he had received the news of his first unexpected success. All his happiest memories were embalmed in those shabby, badly-furnished rooms. Now all was changed. Now might there be no longer any soft indulgence of the hour's mood. His rooms and everything he owned belonged now to Esther, too. She had objected to most of his photographs, and had removed them. She hated books, and were he ever so ill-advised as to open one in her presence, she immediately began to talk, no matter how silent or how sullen her previous mood had been. If he read aloud to her she either yawned despairingly, or was tickled into laughter where there was no reasonable cause. At first Willoughby had tried to educate her, and had gone hopefully to the task. It is so natural to think you may make what you will of the woman who loves you. But Esther had no wish to improve. She evinced all the self-satisfaction of an illiterate mind. SMAL ADVENTURES INTO STORIES FOR THE MAGAZINES HERE HAD COME TO HIM MANY AN EDITORIAL REFUSAL BUT HERE TOO HE HAD RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS FIRST UNEXPECTED SUCCESS ALL HIS HAPPIEST MEMORIES WERE EMBALMED IN THOSE SHABBY BADLY FURNISHED ROOMS NOW ALL WAS CHANGED NOW MIGHT THERE BE NO LONGER ANY SOFT INDULGENCE OF THE HOUR'S MOOD HIS ROOMS AND EVERYTHING HE OWNED BELONGED NOW TO ESTHER TOO SHE HAD OBJECTED TO MOST OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS AND HAD REMOVED THEM SHE HATED BOOKS AND WERE HE EVER SO ILL ADVISED AS TO OPEN ONE IN HER PRESENCE SHE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO TALK NO MATTER HOW SILENT OR HOW SULLEN HER PREVIOUS MOOD HAD BEEN IF HE READ ALOUD TO HER SHE EITHER YAWNED DESPAIRINGLY OR WAS TICKLED INTO LAUGHTER WHERE THERE WAS NO REASONABLE CAUSE AT FIRST WILLOUGHBY HAD TRIED TO EDUCATE HER AND HAD GONE HOPEFULLY TO THE TASK IT IS SO NATURAL TO THINK YOU MAY MAKE WHAT YOU WILL OF THE WOMAN WHO LOVES YOU BUT ESTHER HAD NO WISH TO IMPROVE SHE EVINCED ALL THE SELF SATISFACTION OF AN ILLITERATE MIND
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