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Nervously exhausted, he fled at length from the room. A couple of hours later they met again in the nuptial chamber, and again Mrs. Jordan began to talk. NERVOUSLY EXHAUSTED HE FLED AT LENGTH FROM THE ROOM A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER THEY MET AGAIN IN THE NUPTIAL CHAMBER AND AGAIN MISSUS JORDAN BEGAN TO TALK
he_ to come and go at a wife's bidding? And at length the thought seemed so utterly preposterous that he sped northward as fast as possible, determined to right himself this very evening. Mrs. Jordan sat alone. He marched into the room with muddy boots, flung his hat and overcoat into a chair, and poked the fire violently. His wife's eye was fixed on him, and she first spoke--in the quiet voice that he dreaded. 'What do you mean by carrying on like this, Archibald?' 'I shall carry on as I like in my own house--hear that?' 'I do hear it, and I'm very sorry too. It gives me a very bad opinion of you. You will _not_ do as you like in your own house. Rage as you please. You will _not_ do as you like in your own house.' There was a contemptuous anger in her eye which the man could not face. He lost all control of himself, uttered coarse oaths, and stood quivering. Then the woman began to lecture him; she talked steadily, acrimoniously, for more than an hour, regardless of his interruptions. EMBLED FOR FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS WAS HE TO COME AND GO AT A WIFE'S BIDDING AND AT LENGTH THE THOUGHT SEEMED SO UTTERLY PREPOSTEROUS THAT HE SPED NORTHWARD AS FAST AS POSSIBLE DETERMINED TO RIGHT HIMSELF THIS VERY EVENING MISSUS JOAN SAT ALONE HE MARCHED INTO THE ROOM WITH MUDDY BOOTS FLUNG HIS HAT AND OVERCOAT INTO A CHAIR AND POKED THE FIRE VIOLENTLY HIS WIFE'S EYE WAS FIXED ON HIM AND SHE FIRST SPOKE IN THE QUIET VOICE THAT HE DREADED WHAT DO YOU MEAN KEP BY CARRYING ON LIKE THIS ARCHIBALD I SHALL CARRY ON AS I LIKE IN MY OWN ASS HERE LET'S I DO HEAR IT AND I'M VERY SORRY TOO IT GIVES ME A VERY BAD OPINION OF YOU YOU WILL NOT DO AS YOU LIKE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE RAGE AS YOU PLEASE YOU WILL NOT DO AS YOU LIKE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE THERE WAS A CONTEMPTUOUS ANGER IN HER EYE WHICH THE MAN COULD NOT FACE HE LOST ALL CONTROL OF HIMSELF UTTERED COARSE OATHS AND STOOD QUIVERING THEN THE WOMAN BEGAN TO LECTURE HIM SHE TALKED STEADILY ACRIMONIOUSLY FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR REGARDLESS OF HIS INTERRUPTIONS
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