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Chapter 28

           Itaughtmyselfmoreover,almostinsensibly,toacceptandtoleratewhatIknewofthewantonsideofmywife’scharacter—true,IrespectedherlessthantheTurkrespectsthecreatureofhisharem—butliketheTurk,Itookacertainsavagesatisfactioninbeingthepossessorofherbeauty,andwiththisfeeling,andthebrutepassionitengendered,Iwasfaintobecontent.Sothatforashorttimeatleast,thedrowsysatisfactionofawell-fed,well-matedanimalwasmine—Iimaginedthatnothingshortofastupendousfinancialcatastrophetothecountryitselfcouldexhaustmystockofcash—andthatthereforetherewasnonecessityformetoexertmyselfinanyparticularbranchofusefulness,butsimplyto‘eatdrinkandbemerry’asSolomonadvised.Intellectualactivitywasparalysedinme—totakeupmypenandwrite,andmakeanotherandhigherbidforfame,wasanideathatnowneverenteredmymind;Ispentmydaysinorderingaboutmyservants,andpractisingthepettypleasuresoftyrannyongardenersandgrooms,andingenerallygivingmyselfairsofimportance,mingledwithanassumptionoftolerationandbenevolence,forthebenefitofallthoseinmyemploy.Iknewtheproperthingtodo,wellenough!—Ihadnotstudiedthewaysoftheover-wealthyfornothing—Iwasawarethattherichmanneverfeelssothoroughlyvirtuousaswhenhehasinquiredafterthehealthofhiscoachman’swife,andhassentheracoupleofpoundsfortheoutfitofhernew-bornbaby.

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