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He disliked her manner of standing, of walking, of sitting in a chair, of folding her hands. Like a lover, he was conscious of her proximity without seeing her. Like a lover, too, his eyes followed her every movement, his ear noted every change in her voice. HE DISLIKED HER MANNER OF STANDING OF WALKING OF STING IN A CHAIR OF FOLDING HER HANDS LIKE A LOVER HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF HER PROXIMITY WITHOUT SEEING HER LIKE A LOVER TOO HIS EYES FOLLOWED HER EVERY MOVEMENT HIS EAR NOTED EVERY CHANGE IN HER VOICE
awned despairingly, or was tickled into laughter where there was no reasonable cause. At first Willoughby had tried to educate her, and had gone hopefully to the task. It is so natural to think you may make what you will of the woman who loves you. But Esther had no wish to improve. She evinced all the self-satisfaction of an illiterate mind. To her husband's gentle admonitions she replied with brevity that she thought her way quite as good as his; or, if he didn't approve of her pronunciation, he might do the other thing, she was too old to go to school again. He gave up the attempt, and, with humiliation at his previous fatuity, perceived that it was folly to expect that a few weeks of his companionship could alter or pull up the impressions of years, or rather of generations. Yet here he paused to admit a curious thing: it was not only Esther's bad habits which vexed him, but habits quite unblameworthy in themselves which he never would have noticed in another, irritated him in her. D TO HER SHE EITHER YAWNED DESPAIRINGLY OR WAS TICKLED INTO LAUGHTER WHERE THERE WAS NO REASONABLE CAUSE AT FIRST WILLOUGHBY HAD TRIED TO EDUCATE HER AND HAD GONE HOPEFULLY TO THE TASK IT IS SO NATURAL TO THINK YOU MAY MAKE WHAT YOU WILL OF THE WOMAN WHO LOVES YOU BUT ESTHER HAD NO WISH TO IMPROVE SHE EVINCED ALL THE SELF SATISFACTION OF AN ILLITERATE MIND TO HER HUSBAND'S GENTLE ADMONITIONS SHE REPLIED WITH BREVITY THAT SHE THOUGHT HER WAY QUITE AS GOOD AS HIS OR IF HE DIDN'T APPROVE OF HER PRONUNCIATION HE MIGHT DO THE OTHER THING SHE WAS TOO OLD TO GO TO SCHOOL AGAIN HE GAVE UP THE ATTEMPT AND WITH HUMILIATION AT HIS PREVIOUS FATUITY PERCEIVED THAT IT WAS FOLLY TO EXPECT THAT A FEW WEEKS OF HIS COMPANIONSHIP COULD ALTER OR PULL UP THE IMPRESSIONS OF YEARS OR RATHER OF GENERATIONS YET HERE HE PAUSED TO ADMIT A CURIOUS THING IT WAS NOT ONLY ESTHER'S BAD HABITS WHICH VEXED HIM BUT HABITS QUITE UNBLAMEWORTHY IN THEMSELVES WHICH HE NEVER WOULD HAVE NOTICED IN ANOTHER IRRITATED HIM IN HER
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