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English
1868
Little by little she felt she was becoming a slave to what had once been merely an idle propensity; and one day she knew. LITTLE BY LITTLE SHE FELT SHE WAS BECOMING A SLAVE TO WHAT HAD ONCE BEEN MERELY AN IDLE PROPENSITY AND ONE DAY SHE KNEW
rnoon 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. 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. 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 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
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