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Chapter 11
Unhappywoman,shehasbeentoolongandtoopersistentlydeniedherlegitimateprerogativetolistentohisobjurgationswithanyotherfeelingthanthederisionofthedesperate.Hesaysthis,acensorofmorals,averypelicaninhispiety,whodidnotscruple,obliviousofthetiesofnature,toattemptillicitintercoursewithafemaledomesticdrawnfromtheloweststrataofsociety!Nay,hadthehussy’sscouringbrushnotbeenhertutelaryangel,ithadgonewithherashardaswithHagar,theEgyptian!InthequestionofthegrazinglandshispeevishasperityisnotoriousandinMrCuffe’shearingbroughtuponhimfromanindignantrancherascathingretortcouchedintermsasstraightforwardastheywerebucolic.Itillbecomeshimtopreachthatgospel.Hashenotnearerhomeaseedfieldthatliesfallowforthewantoftheploughshare?Ahabitreprehensibleatpubertyissecondnatureandanopprobriuminmiddlelife.IfhemustdispensehisbalmofGileadinnostrumsandapothegmsofdubioustastetorestoretohealthagenerationofunfledgedprofligateslethispracticeconsistbetterwiththedoctrinesthatnowengrosshim.Hismaritalbreastistherepositoryofsecretswhichdecorumisreluctanttoadduce.
