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The first serious disagreement between them had reference to conduct at the breakfast table. After a broken night, feeling headachy and worried, Mr. Jordan took up his newspaper, folded it conveniently, and set it against the bread so that he could read while eating. THE FIRST SERIOUS DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THEM HAD REFERENCE TO CONDUCT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE AFTER A BROKEN NIGHT FEELING HEADACHY AND WORRIED MISTER JORDAN TOOK UP HIS NEWSPAPER FOLDED IT CONVENIENTLY AND SET IT AGAINST THE BREAD THAT HE COULD READ WHILE EATING
 talk so pleasantly as usual. This was but the beginning of troubles such as he had not for a moment foreseen. His wife, having since their engagement taken the upper hand, began to show her determination to keep it, and day by day her rule grew more galling to the ex-bachelor. He himself, in the old days, had plagued his landladies by insisting upon method and routine, by his faddish attention to domestic minutiae; he now learnt what it was to be subjected to the same kind of despotism, exercised with much more exasperating persistence. Whereas Mrs. Elderfield had scrupulously obeyed every direction given by her lodger, Mrs. Jordan was evidently resolved that her husband should live, move, and have his being in the strictest accordance with her own ideal. Not in any spirit of nagging, or ill-tempered unreasonableness; it was merely that she had her favourite way of doing every conceivable thing, and felt so sure it was the best of all possible ways that she could not endure any other. ND HE DID NOT TALK SO PLEASANTLY AS USUAL THIS WAS BUT THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLE SUCH AS HE HAD NOT FOR A MOMENT FORESEEN HIS WIFE HAVING SINCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT TAKEN THE UPPER HAND BEGAN TO SHOW HER DETERMINATION TO KEEP IT AND DAY BY DAY HER RULE GREW MORE GALLING TO THE EX BACHELOR HE HIMSELF IN THE OLD DAYS HAD PLAGUED HIS LANDLADIES BY INSISTING UPON METHOD AND ROUTINE BY HIS FAVISH ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC MINUTIAE HE NOW LEARNT WHAT IT WAS TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME KIND OF DESPOTISM EXERCISED WITH MUCH MORE EXASPERATING PERSISTENCE WHEREAS MISSUS ELDERFIELD HAD SCRUPULOUSLY OBEYED EVERY DIRECTION GIVEN BY HER LODGER MISSUS JORDAN WAS EVIDENTLY RESOLVED THAT HER HUSBAND SHOULD LIVE MOVE AND HAVE HIS BEING IN THE STRICTEST ACCORDANCE WITH HER OWN IDEAL NOT IN ANY SPIRIT OF NAGGING OR ILL TEMPERED UNREASONABLENESS IT WAS MERELY THAT SHE HAD HER FAVOURITE WAY OF DOING EVERY CONCEIVABLE THING AND FELT SO SURE THAT IT WAS THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WAYS THAT SHE COULD NOT ENDURE ANY OTHER
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