Should She Have Left Him? — page 107: what you’re looking at

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CHANGING THE TACTICS, IOI “Well, granting all this, what do we secure by it?” asked Mr. Courtenay, who had been vainly striving to grasp the meaning of his wife. “T am surprised at your dullness, Herbert. If she makes that demand Trescotte will be compelled to heed it; if she demands maintenance he must give it; if she demands care and protection, he must give both. She will be asking no more than the law gives her the right to ask, and he must yield.” “And still I cannot see what good that will do us.” The old gentleman was still groping in the dark. “Why, Herbert,” cried his wife, “I’m quite im- patient with you! Do you suppose that Dorothy, high-spirited Dorothy, would remain for one mo- ment with a man who would thus acknowledge the existence of another wife? At present she is in some incomprehensible, exalted condition of mind that persuades her that she is a sacrificing martyr to love and duty. A woman having superior claims as a wife, visibly present, would bring her down from heaven to earth most rapidly, and send her home with speed.” “Great Heavens!” cried her husband, fairly startled by the boldness and originality of the plan. “You would not send her to Trescotte’s house to live there ?”’ | “To take possession as her right—to sit at the head of his table as is her right.” The old gentleman was aghast. “Now,” continued Mrs. Courtenay, enthusiastic Comicloeo ‘S C@© 3