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The truth was that Bob never grew out of his courtship blindness. Mrs. Jennings governed as she pleased, stayed out or came home as she chose, and cooked a dinner or didn't, as her inclination stood. THE TRUTH WAS THAT BOB NEVER GREW OUT OF HIS COURTSHIP BLINDNESS MISSUS JENNINGS GOVERNED AS SHE PLEASED STAYED OUT OR CAME HOME AS SHE CHOSE AND COOKED A DINNER OR DIDN'T AS HER INCLINATION STOOD
 tablecloth before him. This woman, whom he had taken to himself for better, for worse, inspired him with a passion, intense indeed, all-masterful, soul-subduing as Love itself.... But when he understood the terror of his Hatred, he laid his head upon his arms and wept, not facile tears like Esther's, but tears wrung out from his agonizing, unavailing regret. 'A POOR STICK' By Arthur Morrison (_Tales of Mean Streets_, London: Methuen and Co., 1894) Published by permission of Methuen and Co. Mrs. Jennings (or Jinnins, as the neighbours would have it) ruled absolutely at home, when she took so much trouble as to do anything at all there--which was less often than might have been. As for Robert her husband, he was a poor stick, said the neighbours. And yet he was a man with enough of hardihood to remain a non-unionist in the erectors' shop at Maidment's all the years of his service; no mean test of a man's fortitude and resolution, as many a sufferer for independent opinion might testify.  VICTORIAN SHORT STORIES OF TROUBLED MARRIAGES THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN A POOR STICK BY ARTHUR MORRISON TALES OF MEAN STREETS LONDON MATTHEW AND CO EIGHTEEN NINETY FOUR PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION OF MATTHEW AND CO MISSUS JENNINGS OR JENNYNS AS NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE IT ROLLED ABSOLUTELY AT HOME WHEN SHE TOOK SO MUCH TROUBLE AS TO DO ANYTHING AT ALL THERE WHICH WAS LESS OFTEN THAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN AS FOR ROBERT HER HUSBAND HE WAS A POOR STICK SAID THE NEIGHBOURS AND YET HE WAS A MAN WITH ENOUGH OF HARDIHOOD TO REMAIN A NON UNIONIST IN THE ERECTOR'S SHOP AT MAIDMAN'S ALL THE YEARS OF HIS SERVICE NO MEAN TEST OF A MAN'S FORTITUDE AND RESOLUTION AS MANY A SUFFERER FOR INDEPENDENT OPINION MIGHT TESTIFY
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