Chapter XXII. The Blaze Of The Tinder: Flesh Wars With The Flesh

           

           ThemisfortuneoftheHurstwoodhouseholdwasduetothefactthatjealousy,havingbeenbornoflove,didnotperishwithit.Mrs.Hurstwoodretainedthisinsuchformthatsubsequentinfluencescouldtransformitintohate.Hurstwoodwasstillworthy,inaphysicalsense,oftheaffectionhiswifehadoncebestoweduponhim,butinasocialsensehefellshort.Withhisregarddiedhispowertobeattentivetoher,andthis,toawoman,ismuchgreaterthanoutrightcrimetowardanother.Ourself-lovedictatesourappreciationofthegoodorevilinanother.InMrs.Hurstwooditdiscolouredtheveryhueofherhusband’sindifferentnature.Shesawdesignindeedsandphraseswhichsprungonlyfromafadedappreciationofherpresence.

           Asaconsequence,shewasresentfulandsuspicious.Thejealousythatpromptedhertoobserveeveryfallingawayfromthelittleamenitiesofthemarriedrelationonhispartservedtogivehernoticeoftheairygracewithwhichhestilltooktheworld.Shecouldseefromthescrupulouscarewhichheexercisedinthematterofhispersonalappearancethathisinterestinlifehadabatednotajot.Everymotion,everyglancehadsomethinginitofthepleasurehefeltinCarrie,ofthezestthisnewpursuitofpleasurelenttohisdays.Mrs.Hurstwoodfeltsomething,sniffingchange,asanimalsdodanger,afaroff.

           ThisfeelingwasstrengthenedbyactionsofadirectandmorepotentnatureonthepartofHurstwood.

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