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To a certain extent he was right. Emily had been spoiled. The unbroken indulgence which her brother and sister had always accorded her had fitted her but poorly to cope with the trials of her new life. TO CERTAIN EXTENT HE WAS RIGHT EMILY HAD BEEN SPOILED THE UNBROKEN INDULGENCE WITH HER BROTHER AND SISTER HAD ALWAYS ACCORDED HER HAD FITTED HER BUT POORLY TO COPE WITH THE TRIALS OF HER NEW LIFE
ut, apart from this, the woman had a natural, ineradicable love of making mischief and took a keen pleasure in it. She loved her son and she had loved her husband, but nevertheless, when Thomas Fair had been alive she had fomented continual strife and discontent between him and Stephen. Now it became her pleasure to make what trouble she could between Stephen and his wife. She had the advantage of Emily in that she was always sweet-spoken and, on the surface, sweet-tempered. Emily, hurt and galled in a score of petty ways, so subtle that they were beyond a man's courser comprehension, astonished her husband by her fierce outbursts of anger that seemed to him for the most part without reason or excuse. He tried his best to preserve the peace between his wife and mother; and when he failed, not understanding all that Emily really endured at the elder woman's merciless hands, he grew to think her capricious and easily irritated--a spoiled child whose whims must not be taken too seriously. TEPHEN TO MARRY HER BUT APART FROM THIS THE WOMAN HAD A NATURAL IRRADICABLE LOVE OF MAKING MISCHIEF AND TOOK A KEEN PLEASURE IN IT SHE LOVED HER SON AND SHE HAD LOVED HER HUSBAND BUT NEVERTHELESS WHEN THOMAS FAR HAD BEEN ALIVE SHE HAD FOMENTED CONTINUAL STRIFE AND DISCONTENT BETWEEN HIM AND STEPHEN NOW IT BECAME HER PLEASURE TO MAKE WHAT TROUBLE SHE COULD BETWEEN STEPHEN AND HIS WIFE SHE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF EMILY IN THAT SHE WAS ALWAYS SWEET SPOKEN AND ON THE SURFACE SWEET TEMPERED EMILY HURT AND GALLED IN A SCORE OF PETTY WAYS SO SUBTLE THAT THEY WERE BEYOND A MAN'S COARSER COMPREHENSION ASTONISHED HER HUSBAND BY HER FIERCE OUTBURSTS OF ANGER THAT SEEMED TO HIM FOR THE MOST PART WITHOUT REASON OR EXCUSE HE TRIED HIS BEST TO PRESERVE THE PEACE BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND MOTHER AND WHEN HE FAILED NOT UNDERSTANDING ALL THAT EMILY REALLY ENDURED AT THE ELDER WOMAN'S MERCILESS HANDS HE BEGAN TO THINK HER CAPRICIOUS AND EASILY IRRITATED A SPOILED CHILD WHOSE WHIMS MUST NOT BE TAKEN TOO SERIOUSLY
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