Маленькие женщины

On the Shelf

           Butthreemonthspassed,andtherewasnoreturnofrepose.Meglookedwornandnervous,thebabiesabsorbedeveryminuteofhertime,thehousewasneglected,andKitty,thecook,whotooklife‘aisy’,kepthimonshortcommons.Whenhewentoutinthemorninghewasbewilderedbysmallcommissionsforthecaptivemamma,ifhecamegailyinatnight,eagertoembracehisfamily,hewasquenchedbya"Hush!Theyarejustasleepafterworryingallday."Ifheproposedalittleamusementathome,"No,itwoulddisturbthebabies."Ifhehintedatalectureoraconcert,hewasansweredwithareproachfullook,andadecided"Leavemychildrenforpleasure,never!"Hissleepwasbrokenbyinfantwailsandvisionsofaphantomfigurepacingnoiselesslytoandfrointhewatchesofthenight.Hismealswereinterruptedbythefrequentflightofthepresidinggenius,whodesertedhim,half-helped,ifamuffledchirpsoundedfromthenestabove.Andwhenhereadhispaperofanevening,Demi’scolicgotintotheshippinglistandDaisy’sfallaffectedthepriceofstocks,forMrs.Brookewasonlyinterestedindomesticnews.

           Thepoormanwasveryuncomfortable,forthechildrenhadberefthimofhiswife,homewasmerelyanurseryandtheperpetual‘hushing’madehimfeellikeabrutalintruderwheneverheenteredthesacredprecinctsofBabyland.Heboreitverypatientlyforsixmonths,andwhennosignsofamendmentappeared,hedidwhatotherpaternalexilesdotriedtogetalittlecomfortelsewhere.

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