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Then it was that her husband’s personality, touched as it never had been, stepped forth and stood erect. The things she had said were answered only by his scorn, and she could see he was ineffably ashamed of her. What did he think of her — that she was base, vulgar, ignoble? He at least knew now th…

[...] She remembered perfectly the first sign he had given of it — it had been like a bell that was to ring up the curtain upon the real drama of their life. He said to her one day that she had too many ideas and that she must get rid of them. He had told her that already, before their marriage; bu…

Such a resolution, however, brought her this evening but little peace, for her soul was haunted with terrors which crowded to the foreground of thought as quickly as a place was made for them. What had suddenly set them into livelier motion she hardly knew, unless it were the strange impression she…

[...] Still, who could say what men ever were looking
for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased
them only when they saw it. No theory was valid in such mat-
ters, and nothing was more unaccountable or more natural
than anything else. If he had cared for her it might seem odd
…

‘I hope it may never be my fortune to fail to gratify my hus-
band’s.’

At these words a sudden passion leaped to Ralph’s lips.
‘Ah, that’s wilful, that’s unworthy of you! You were not meant
to be measured in that way — you were meant for something
better than to keep guard over the sensibili…