I’msosorryHowveryunfortunate！”。
ButMrsMallowehadpass~don。
“Forthepracticedequivocatoryousaidhewas。”murmuredMrs。
Hauksbee，“hestrikesmeasafailureNowwhereforeshouldhehavepreferredawalkwithTheDowdtoteawithus？Electiveaffinities，Isuppos~bothgrubbyPolly，I’dneverforgivethatwomanaslongastheworldrolls。”
“Iforgiveeverywomaneve“ything。”
saidMrsMallowe“Hewillbeasufficientpunishmentforher。
Whatacommonvoiceshehas！”
MrsDelville’svoicewasnotpretty，hercarriagewasevenlesslovely，andherraimentwasstrikinglyneglectedAllthesethingsMrsMallowenoticedoverthetopofamagazine。
“Nowwhatisthereinher？”saidMrsHauksbee“DoyouseewhatImeantabouttheclothesfallingoff？IfIwereamanIwouldperishsoonerthanbeseenwiththatrag-bagAndyet，shehasgoodeyes，but~h！”
“Whatisit？”
“Shedoesn’tknowhowtousethem！OnmyHonor，shedoesnot。
Look！Ohlook！UntidinessI
canendure，butignor~1cenever！Thewoman’safool。”
“Hsh！She’llhearyou。”
“AllthewomeninSimlaarefoolsShe’llthinkImeansomeoneelseNowshe’sgoingo~tWhatathoroughlyobjectionablecouplesheandTheDancingMastermake！WhichremindsmeDoyousupposethey’lleverdancetogether？”
“WaitandseeIdon’tenvybertheconversationofTheDancingMaster-loathlyman~Hiswifeoughttobeupherebeforelong。”
“Doyouknowanythingabouthim？”
“OnlywhathetoldmeItmaybea11afictionHemarriedagirlbredinthecountry，Ithink，and，beinganhonorable，chivalroussoul，toldmethatherepentedhisbargainandsenthertohermotherasoftenaspossible’~apersonwhohaslivedintheDoonsincethememoryofmanandgoestoMussooriewhenotherpeoplegoHomeThewifeiswithheratpresentSohesays。”
’Babies？’
“Oneonly，buthetalksofhiswifeinarevoltingwayIhatedhimforitHethoughthewasbeingepigrammaticandbrilliant。”
“ThatisavicepeculiartomenIdislikehimbecauseheisgenerallyinthewakeofsomegirl，disappointingtheEligiblesHewillpersecuteMayHoltnomore，unlessIammuchmistaken。”
“NoIthinkMrsDelvillemayoccupyhisattentionforawhile。”
“Doyousupposesheknowsthatheistheheadofafamily？”
“NotfromhislipsHesworemetoeternalsecrecyWhereforeI
tellyouDon’tyouknowthattypeofman？”
“Notintimately，thankgoodness！Asageneralrule，whenamanbeginstoabusehiswifetome，IfindthattheLordgivesmewherewithtoanswerhimaccordingtohisfolly；andwepartwithacoolnessbetweenusIlaugh。”
“I’mdifferentI’venosenseofhumor。”
“Cultivateit，thenIthasbeenmymainstayformoreyearsthanI
caretothinkaboutA
well-educatedsenseofHumorwillsaveawomanwhenReligion，Training，andHomeinfluencesfail；andwemayallneedsalvationsometimes。”
“DoyousupposethattheDelvillewomanhashumor？”
“HerdressbewraysherHowcanaThingwhowearsasupplementunderherleftarmhaveanynotionofthefitnessofthings-muchlesstheirfolly？IfshediscardsTheDancingMaste~afterhavingonceseenhimdance，Imayrespecther，Otherwise-“Butarewenotbothassumingagreatdealtoomuch，dear？Yousa“thewomanatPeliti’s-halfanhourASECOND-RATEWOMAN
literyousawherwalkingwithTheDancingMaster-anhourlateryoumetherhereattheLibrary。”
“StillwithTheDancingMaster，remember。”
“StillwithTheDancingMaster，Iadmit，butwhyonthestrengthofthatshouldyouimagine“-“I
imaginenothingIhavenoimaginationIamonlyconvincedthatTheDancingMasterisattractedtoTheDowdbecauseheisobjectionableineverywayandsheineveryotherIfIknowthemanasyouhavedescribedhim，heholdshiswifeinslaveryatpresent。”
“Sheistwentyyearsyoungerthanhe。”
“Poorwretch！And，intheend，afterlehasposedandswaggeredandlied-hehasamouthunderthatraggedmoustachesimplymadeforlies-hewillberswardedaccordingtohismerits。”
“Iwonderwhatthosereallyare。”saidMrsMallowe。
ButMrsHauksbee，herfacecloseto’heshelfofthenewbooks，washummingsoftly：“WhatshallhehavewhokilledtheDeer！”Shewasaladyofunfetteredspeech。
Onemonthlater，sheannouncedherintentionofcallinguponMrs。
DelvilleBothMrsHauksbeeandMrsMallowewereinmorningwrappers，andtherewasagreatpeaceintheland。
“IshouldgoasIwas。”saidMrsMallowe“Itwouldbeadelicatecomplimenttoherstyle。”
MrsHauksbeestudiedherselfintheglass。
“Assumingforamomentthatsheeverdarkenedthesedoors，I
shouldputonthisrobe，afteralltheothers，toshowherwhatamorningwrapperoughttobeItmightenlivenherAsitis，Ishallgointhedove-colored-sweetemblemofyouthandinnocence~andshallputonmynewgloves。”
“Ifyoureallyaregoing，dirtytauwouldbetoogood；andyouknowthatdove-colorspotswitht...完整阅读请扫描二维码下载丁香书院APP免费看：