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The Yellow Face
Imaymentionthatherhusbandhadlefthercomfortablyoff,andthatshehadacapitalofaboutfourthousandfivehundredpounds,whichhadbeensowellinvestedbyhimthatitreturnedanaverageofsevenpercent.ShehadonlybeensixmonthsatPinnerwhenImether;wefellinlovewitheachother,andwemarriedafewweeksafterwards.
"Iamahopmerchantmyself,andasIhaveanincomeofsevenoreighthundred,wefoundourselvescomfortablyoffandtookaniceeighty-pound-a-yearvillaatNorbury.Ourlittleplacewasverycountrified,consideringthatitissoclosetotown.Wehadaninnandtwohousesalittleaboveus,andasinglecottageattheothersideofthefieldwhichfacesus,andexceptthosetherewerenohousesuntilyougothalfwaytothestation.Mybusinesstookmeintotownatcertainseasons,butinsummerIhadlesstodo,andtheninourcountryhomemywifeandIwerejustashappyascouldbewished.Itellyouthatthereneverwasashadowbetweenusuntilthisaccursedaffairbegan.
"There’sonethingIoughttotellyoubeforeIgofurther.Whenwemarried,mywifemadeoverallherpropertytome—ratheragainstmywill,forIsawhowawkwarditwouldbeifmybusinessaffairswentwrong.However,shewouldhaveitso,anditwasdone.Well,aboutsixweeksagoshecametome.
"‘Jack,"saidshe,‘whenyoutookmymoneyyousaidthatifeverIwantedanyIwastoaskyouforit.’
"‘Certainly‘saidI.‘It’sallyourown.
