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Chapter 6
Heperceivedthatsuchapicturepresupposed,onherpart,theexperience,theversatility,thefreedomofjudgment,whichshehadbeencarefullytrainednottopossess;andwithashiverofforebodinghesawhismarriagebecomingwhatmostoftheothermarriagesabouthimwere:adullassociationofmaterialandsocialinterestsheldtogetherbyignoranceontheonesideandhypocrisyontheother.LawrenceLeffertsoccurredtohimasthehusbandwhohadmostcompletelyrealisedthisenviableideal.Asbecamethehigh-priestofform,hehadformedawifesocompletelytohisownconveniencethat,inthemostconspicuousmomentsofhisfrequentlove-affairswithothermen’swives,shewentaboutinsmilingunconsciousness,sayingthat"Lawrencewassofrightfullystrict";andhadbeenknowntoblushindignantly,andaverthergaze,whensomeonealludedinherpresencetothefactthatJuliusBeaufort(asbecamea"foreigner"ofdoubtfulorigin)hadwhatwasknowninNewYorkas"anotherestablishment."ArchertriedtoconsolehimselfwiththethoughtthathewasnotquitesuchanassasLarryLefferts,norMaysuchasimpletonaspoorGertrude;butthedifferencewasafteralloneofintelligenceandnotofstandards.Inrealitytheyalllivedinakindofhieroglyphicworld,wheretherealthingwasneversaidordoneoreventhought,butonlyrepresentedbyasetofarbitrarysigns;aswhenMrs.
