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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. 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
TORIAN SHORT STORIES OF TROUBLED MARRIAGES CONTENTS THE BRONCKHORST DIVORCE-CASE by Rudyard Kipling IRREMEDIABLE by Ella D'Arcy 'A POOR STICK' by Arthur Morrison THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE by Arthur Conan Doyle THE PRIZE LODGER by George Gissing THE BRONCKHORST DIVORCE-CASE By Rudyard Kipling (_Civil and Military Gazette_, 26 September 1884) In the daytime, when she moved about me, In the night, when she was sleeping at my side,-- I was wearied, I was wearied of her presence, Day by day and night by night I grew to hate her-- Would God that she or I had died! --CONFESSIONS There was a man called Bronckhorst--a three-cornered, middle-aged man in the Army--grey as a badger, and, some people said, with a touch of country-blood in him. That, however, cannot be proved. Mrs. Bronckhorst was not exactly young, though fifteen years younger than her husband. She was a large, pale, quiet woman, with heavy eyelids over weak eyes, and hair that turned red or yellow as the lights fell on it.  VICTORIAN SHORT STORIES OF TROUBLED MARRIAGES THIS IS A LIBER BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JEANA BELMONDE DENEN NEW ZEALAND VICTORIAN SHORT STORIES OF TROUBLED MARRIAGES THE BRONCHHURST DIVORCE CASE BY RODYARD KIPLING IN THE DAYTIME WHEN SHE MOVED ABOUT ME IN THE NIGHT WHEN SHE WAS SLEEPING AT MY SIDE I WAS WEARIED I WAS WEARIED OF HER PRESENCE DAY BY DAY AND NIGHT BY NIGHT I GREW TO HATE HER WOULD GOD THAT SHE OR I HAD DIED CONFESSIONS THERE WAS A MAN CALLED BRONCOURST A THREE CORNERED MIDDLE AGED MAN IN THE ARMY GRAY AS A BADGER AND SOME PEOPLE SAID WITH A TOUCH OF COUNTRY BLOOD IN HIM THAT HOWEVER CANNOT BE PROVED MISSUS BRONCOURSE WAS NOT EXACTLY YOUNG THOUGH FIFTEEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN HER HUSBAND SHE WAS A LARGE PALE QUIET WOMAN WITH HEAVY EYELIDS OVER WEAK EYES AND HAIR THAT TURNED RED OR YELLOW AS THE LIGHTS FELL ON IT
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