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A similar impulse makes a man say, '_Hutt_, you old beast!' when a favourite horse nuzzles his coat front. A SIMILAR IMPULSE MAKES A MAN SAY HUT YOU OLD BEAST WHEN A FAVORITE HORSE NUZZLES HIS COAT FRONT
eyelids over weak eyes, and hair that turned red or yellow as the lights fell on it. Bronckhorst was not nice in any way. He had no respect for the pretty public and private lies that make life a little less nasty than it is. His manner towards his wife was coarse. There are many things--including actual assault with the clenched fist--that a wife will endure; but seldom a wife can bear--as Mrs. Bronckhorst bore--with a long course of brutal, hard chaff, making light of her weaknesses, her headaches, her small fits of gaiety, her dresses, her queer little attempts to make herself attractive to her husband when she knows that she is not what she has been, and--worst of all--the love that she spends on her children. That particular sort of heavy-handed jest was specially dear to Bronckhorst. I suppose that he had first slipped into it, meaning no harm, in the honeymoon, when folk find their ordinary stock of endearments run short, and so go to the other extreme to express their feelings.  PALE QUIET WOMAN WITH HEAVY EYELIDS OVER WEAK EYES AND HAIR THAT TURNED RED OR YELLOW AS THE LIGHTS FELL ON IT BRONCURST WAS NOT NICE IN ANY WAY HE HAD NO RESPECT FOR THE PRETTY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIES THAT MAKE LIFE A LITTLE LESS NASTY THAN IT IS HIS MANNER TOWARDS HIS WIFE WAS COARSE THERE WERE MANY THINGS INCLUDING ACTUAL ASSAULT WITH THE CLENCHED FIST THAT A WIFE WILL ENDURE BUT SELDOM A WIFE CAN BEAR AS MISSUS BRONCORST BORE WITH A LONG COURSE OF BRUTAL HARD CHAFE MAKING LIGHT OF HER WEAKNESSES HER HEADACHES HER SMALL FITS OF GAYETY HER DRESSES HER QUEER LITTLE ATTEMPTS TO MAKE HERSELF ATTRACTIVE TO HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE KNOWS THAT SHE IS NOT WHAT SHE HAS BEEN AND WORST OF ALL THE LOVE THAT SHE SPENDS ON HER CHILDREN THAT PARTICULAR SORT OF HEAVY HANDED JEST WAS SPECIALLY DEAR TO BRONCURST I SUPPOSE THAT HE HAD FIRST SLIPPED INTO IT MEANING NO HARM IN THE HONEYMOON WHEN FOLK FIND THEIR ORDINARY STOCK OF ENDEARMENTS RUN SHORT AND SO GO TO THE OTHER EXTREME TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS
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