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Chapter 14
I’llgetadivorceandgetclear.Ihatethosethingslikedeath,officialsandcourtsandjudges.ButI’vegottogetthroughwithit.I’llgetadivorce.’
Andshesawhisjawset.Inwardlysheexulted.
’IthinkIwillhaveacupofteanow,’shesaid.
Herosetomakeit.Buthisfacewasset.
Astheysatattablesheaskedhim:
’Whydidyoumarryher?Shewascommonerthanyourself.MrsBoltontoldmeabouther.Shecouldneverunderstandwhyyoumarriedher.’
Helookedatherfixedly.
’I’lltellyou,’hesaid.’ThefirstgirlIhad,IbeganwithwhenIwassixteen.Shewasaschool-master’sdaughteroveratOllerton,pretty,beautifulreally.IwassupposedtobeacleversortofyoungfellowfromSheffieldGrammarSchool,withabitofFrenchandGerman,verymuchupaloft.Shewastheromanticsortthathatedcommonness.Sheeggedmeontopoetryandreading:inaway,shemadeamanofme.IreadandIthoughtlikeahouseonfire,forher.AndIwasaclerkinButterleyoffices,thin,white-facedfellowfumingwithallthethingsIread.AndabouteverythingItalkedtoher:buteverything.WetalkedourselvesintoPersepolisandTimbuctoo.Wewerethemostliterary-culturedcoupleintencounties.Iheldforthwithrapturetoher,positivelywithrapture.Isimplywentupinsmoke.Andsheadoredme.Theserpentinthegrasswassex.Shesomehowdidn’thaveany;atleast,notwhereit’ssupposedtobe.Igotthinnerandcrazier.ThenIsaidwe’dgottobelovers.Italkedherintoit,asusual.Sosheletme.Iwasexcited,andsheneverwantedit.Shejustdidn’twantit.
