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Chapter IX. Convention’s Own Tinder-box: The Eye That Is Green

           Intheacceptedandpopularphrase,shehadherideasandhehadhis.Onceinawhilehewouldmeetawomanwhoseyouth,sprightliness,andhumourwouldmakehiswifeseemratherdeficientbycontrast,butthetemporarydissatisfactionwhichsuchanencountermightarousewouldbecounterbalancedbyhissocialpositionandacertainmatterofpolicy.Hecouldnotcomplicatehishomelife,becauseitmightaffecthisrelationswithhisemployers.Theywantednoscandals.Aman,toholdhisposition,musthaveadignifiedmanner,acleanrecord,arespectablehomeanchorage.Thereforehewascircumspectinallhedid,andwheneverheappearedinthepublicwaysintheafternoon,oronSunday,itwaswithhiswife,andsometimeshischildren.Hewouldvisitthelocalresorts,orthosenearbyinWisconsin,andspendafewstiff,polisheddaysstrollingaboutconventionalplacesdoingconventionalthings.Heknewtheneedofit.

           Whensomeoneofthemanymiddle-classindividualswhomheknew,whohadmoney,wouldgetintotrouble,hewouldshakehishead.Itdidn’tdototalkaboutthosethings.Ifitcameupfordiscussionamongsuchfriendsaswithhimpassedforclose,hewoulddeprecatethefollyofthething.“Itwasallrighttodoit—allmendothosethings—butwhywasn’thecareful?Amancan’tbetoocareful.”Helostsympathyforthemanthatmadeamistakeandwasfoundout.

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