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Yet here he paused to admit a curious thing: it was not only Esther's bad habits which vexed him, but habits quite unblameworthy in themselves which he never would have noticed in another, irritated him in her. YET HERE HE PAUSED TO ADMIT A CURIOUS THING IT WAS NOT ONLY ESTHER'S BAD HABITS WHICH VEXED HIM BUT HABITS QUITE UNBLAMEWORTHY IN THEMSELVES WHICH HE NEVER WOULD HAVE NOTICED IN ANOTHER IRRITATED HIM IN HER
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. 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. He gave up the attempt, and, with humiliation at his previous fatuity, perceived that it was folly to expect that a few weeks of his companionship could alter or pull up the impressions of years, or rather of generations. 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 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 HE GAVE UP THE ATTEMPT AND WITH HUMILIATION AT HIS PREVIOUS FATUITY PERCEIVED THAT IT WAS FOLLY TO EXPECT THAT A FEW WEEKS OF HIS COMPANIONSHIP COULD ALTER OR PULL UP THE IMPRESSIONS OF YEARS OR RATHER OF GENERATIONS
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