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So he said what soothing things he could, and Esther caught them up, disfigured them, and flung them back at him with scorn. SO HE SAID WHAT SOOTHING THINGS HE COULD AND ESTHER CAUGHT THEM UP DISFIGURED THEM AND FLUNG THEM BACK AT HIM WITH SCORN
ried 'I wyted till near eight before I got your old telegraph! I s'pose that's what you call the manners of a "gentleman", to keep your wife mewed up here, while you go gallivantin' off with your fine friends?' Whenever Esther was angry, which was often, she taunted Willoughby with being 'a gentleman', although this was the precise point about him which at other times found most favour in her eyes. But tonight she was envenomed by the idea he had been enjoying himself without her, stung by fear lest he should have been in company with some other woman. Willoughby, hearing the taunt, resigned himself to the inevitable. Nothing that he could do might now avert the breaking storm; all his words would only be twisted into fresh griefs. But sad experience had taught him that to take refuge in silence was more fatal still. When Esther was in such a mood as this it was best to supply the fire with fuel, that, through the very violence of the conflagration, it might the sooner burn itself out. S I DID WAIT THEN SHE CRIED I WAITED TILL NEAR EIGHT BEFORE I GOT YOUR OLD TELEGRAPH I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL THE MANNERS OF A GENTLEMAN TO KEEP YOUR WIFE MEWED UP HERE WHILE YOU GO GALLIVANT IN OFF YOUR FINE FRIENDS WHENEVER ESTHER WAS ANGRY WHICH WAS OFTEN SHE TAUNTED WILLOUGHBY WITH BEING A GENTLEMAN ALTHOUGH THIS WAS THE PRECISE POINT ABOUT HIM WHICH AT OTHER TIMES FOUND MOST FAVOUR IN HER EYES BUT TO NIGHT SHE WAS ENVENOMED BY THE IDEA THAT HE HAD BEEN ENJOYING HIMSELF WITHOUT HER STUNG BY FEAR LEST HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN COMPANY WITH SOME OTHER WOMAN WILLOUGHBY HEARING THE TAUNT RESIGNED HIMSELF TO THE INEVITABLE NOTHING THAT HE COULD DO MIGHT NOW AVERT THE BREAKING STORM ALL HIS WORDS WOULD ONLY BE TWISTED INTO FRESH GRIEFS BUT SAD EXPERIENCE HAD TAUGHT HIM THAT TO TAKE REFUGE IN SILENCE WAS MORE FATAL STILL WHEN ESTHER WAS IN SUCH A MOOD AS THIS IT WAS BEST TO SUPPLY THE FIRE WITH FUEL THAT THROUGH THE VERY VIOLENCE OF THE CONFLAGRATION IT MIGHT THE SOONER BURN ITSELF OUT
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