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Bronckhorst took a pleasure in saying things that made his wife wince. When their little boy came in at dessert Bronckhorst used to give him half a glass of wine, and, naturally enough, the poor little mite got first riotous, next miserable, and was removed screaming. BRONCORSE TOOK A PLEASURE IN SAYING THINGS THAT MADE HIS WIFE WINCE WHEN THEIR LITTLE BOY CAME IN AT DESSERT BRONCORSE USED TO GIVE HIM HALF A GLASS OF WINE AND NATURALLY ENOUGH THE POOR LITTLE MITE GOT FIRST RIOTOUS NEXT MISERABLE AND WAS REMOVED SCREAMING
akes a man say, '_Hutt_, you old beast!' when a favourite horse nuzzles his coat-front. Unluckily, when the reaction of marriage sets in, the form of speech remains, and, the tenderness having died out, hurts the wife more than she cares to say. But Mrs. Bronckhorst was devoted to her 'Teddy' as she called him. Perhaps that was why he objected to her. Perhaps--this is only a theory to account for his infamous behaviour later on--he gave way to the queer, savage feeling that sometimes takes by the throat a husband twenty years married, when he sees, across the table, the same, same face of his wedded wife, and knows that, as he has sat facing it, so must he continue to sit until the day of its death or his own. Most men and all women know the spasm. It only lasts for three breaths as a rule, must be a 'throw-back' to times when men and women were rather worse than they are now, and is too unpleasant to be discussed. Dinner at the Bronckhorsts' was an infliction few men cared to undergo. TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS A SIMILAR IMPULSE MAKES A MAN SAY HUT YOU OLD BEAST WHEN A FAVORITE HORSE NUZZLES HIS COAT FRONT UNLUCKILY WHEN THE REACTION OF MARRIAGE SETS IN THE FORM OF SPEECH REMAINS AND THE TENDERNESS HAVING DIED OUT HURTS THE WIFE MORE THAN SHE CARES TO SAY BUT MISSUS BRONCOURST WAS DEVOTED TO HER TEDDY AS SHE CALLED HIM PERHAPS THAT WAS WHY HE OBJECTED TO HER PERHAPS THIS IS ONLY A THEORY TO ACCOUNT FOR HIS INFAMOUS BEHAVIOR LATER ON HE GAVE WAY TO THE QUEER SAVAGE FEELING THAT SOMETIMES TAKES BY THE THROAT A HUSBAND TWENTY YEARS MARRIED WHEN HE SEES ACROSS THE TABLE THE SAME FACE OF HIS WEDDED WIFE AND KNOWS THAT AS HE HAS SAT FACING IT SO MUST HE CONTINUE TO SIT UNTIL THE DAY OF ITS DEATH OR HIS OWN MOST MEN AND ALL WOMEN KNOW THE SPASM IT ONLY LASTS FOR THREE BREATHS AS A RULE MUST BE A THROW BACK TO TIMES WHEN MEN AND WOMEN WERE RATHER WORSE THAN THEY ARE NOW AND IS TOO UNPLEASANT TO BE DISCUSSED DINNER AT THE BRONCOURSTS WAS AN INFLICTION FEW MEN CARED TO UNDERGO
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