V. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. He waved a cordial goodbye. Then, in a few years, he and Ruth might fare forth in comfort and security. The light was poor, so that she saw their gleaming faces dimly and indistinctly. It seemed to her that it was her duty to get up and clamor to go home to her room, to protest against his advances as an insult. The only circumstance which served to awaken a darker feeling in his breast was, that his implacable foe Jonathan Wild had survived the wound inflicted by Blueskin, and was slowly recovering. But don’t run away with the idea that I’m hanging out for a wife at last, because I’m not.
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