Луна и грош

Chapter XII

           Itdisconcertedme,butIdidmybestnottoshowit.IadoptedthetoneusedbymyUncleHenry,aclergyman,whenhewasaskingoneofhisrelativesforasubscriptiontotheAdditionalCuratesSociety.

           "Youdon’tmindmytalkingtoyoufrankly?"

           Heshookhishead,smiling.

           "Hasshedeservedthatyoushouldtreatherlikethis?"

           "No."

           "Haveyouanycomplainttomakeagainsther?"

           "None."

           "Then,isn’titmonstroustoleaveherinthisfashion,afterseventeenyearsofmarriedlife,withoutafaulttofindwithher?"

           "Monstrous."

           Iglancedathimwithsurprise.HiscordialagreementwithallIsaidcutthegroundfromundermyfeet.Itmademypositioncomplicated,nottosayludicrous.Iwaspreparedtobepersuasive,touching,andhortatory,admonitoryandexpostulating,ifneedbevituperativeeven,indignantandsarcastic;butwhatthedevildoesamentordowhenthesinnermakesnobonesaboutconfessinghissin?Ihadnoexperience,sincemyownpracticehasalwaysbeentodenyeverything.

           "What,then?"askedStrickland.

           Itriedtocurlmylip.

           "Well,ifyouacknowledgethat,theredoesn’tseemmuchmoretobesaid."

           "Idon’tthinkthereis."

           IfeltthatIwasnotcarryingoutmyembassywithanygreatskill.Iwasdistinctlynettled.

           "Hangitall,onecan’tleaveawomanwithoutabob."

           "Whynot?"

           "Howisshegoingtolive?"

           "I’vesupportedherforseventeenyears.Whyshouldn’tshesupportherselfforachange?"

           "Shecan’t."

           "Lethertry."

           OfcoursethereweremanythingsImighthaveansweredtothis.

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