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"You mean that!" she said calmly. "Think well. If I go I'll never return." "I do mean it," said Stephen. "Leave my house if you will  if you hold your marriage vow so lightly. When your senses return you are welcome to come back to me. I will never ask you to." YOU MEAN THAT SHE SAID CALMLY THINK WELL IF I GO I'LL NEVER RETURN I DO MEAN IT SAID STEPHEN LEAVE MY HOUSE IF YOU WILL IF YOU HOLD YOUR MARRIAGE VOW SO LIGHTLY WHEN YOUR SENSES RETURN YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME BACK TO ME I WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO
ut poorly to cope with the trials of her new life. True, Mrs. Fair was an unpleasant woman to live with, but if Emily had chosen to be more patient under petty insults, and less resentful of her husband's well-meant though clumsy efforts for harmony, the older woman could have effected real little mischief. But this Emily refused to be, and the breach between husband and wife widened insidiously. The final rupture came two years after their marriage. Emily, in rebellious anger, told her husband that she would no longer live in the same house with his mother. "You must choose between us," she said, her splendid voice vibrating with all the unleashed emotion of her being, yet with no faltering in it. "If she stays I go." Stephen Fair, harassed and bewildered, was angry with the relentless anger of a patient man roused at last. "Go, then," he said sternly, "I'll never turn my mother from my door for any woman's whim." The stormy red went out of Emily's face, leaving it like a marble wash. AYS ACCORDED HER HAD FITTED HER BUT POORLY TO COPE WITH THE TRIALS OF HER NEW LIFE TRUE MISSUS FAIR WAS AN UNPLEASANT WOMAN TO LIVE WITH BUT IF EMILY HAD CHOSEN TO BE MORE PATIENT UNDER PETTY INSULTS AND LESS RESENTFUL OF HER HUSBAND'S WELL MEANT THOUGH CLUMSY EFFORTS FOR HARMONY THE OLDER WOMAN COULD HAVE EFFECTED REAL LITTLE MISCHIEF BUT THIS EMILY REFUSED TO BE AND THE BREACH BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE WIDENED INSIDIOUSLY THE FINAL RUPTURE CAME TWO YEARS AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE EMILY IN REBELLIOUS ANGER TOLD HER HUSBAND THAT SHE WOULD NO LONGER LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER YOU MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN US SHE SAID HER SPLENDID VOICE VIBRATING WITH ALL THE UNLEASHED MOTION OF HER BEING YET WITH NO FALTERING IN IT IF SHE STAYS I GO STEPHEN FAIR HARASSED AND BEWILDERED WAS ANGRY WITH THE RELENTLESS ANGER OF A PATIENT MAN ROUSED AT LAST GO THEN HE SAID STERNLY I'LL NEVER TURN MY MOTHER FROM MY DOOR FOR ANY WOMAN'S WHIM THE STORMY RED WENT OUT OF EMILY'S FACE LEAVING IT LIKE A MARBLE WASH
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