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Chapter 1

           Livelyonce,expansiveandaffectionate,ingrowingoldershehadbecome(afterthefashionofwinethat,exposedtoair,turnstovinegar)ill-tempered,grumbling,irritable.Shehadsufferedsomuchwithoutcomplaintatfirst,untilshehadseemhimgoingafterallthevillagedrabs,anduntilascoreofbadhousessenthimbacktoheratnight,weary,stinkingdrunk.Thenherpriderevolted.Afterthatshewassilent,buryingherangerinadumbstoicismthatshemaintainedtillherdeath.Shewasconstantlygoingaboutlookingafterbusinessmatters.Shecalledonthelawyers,thepresident,rememberedwhenbillsfelldue,gotthemrenewed,andathomeironed,sewed,washed,lookedaftertheworkmen,paidtheaccounts,whilehe,troublinghimselfaboutnothing,eternallybesottedinsleepysulkiness,whenceheonlyrousedhimselftosaydisagreeablethingstoher,satsmokingbythefireandspittingintothecinders.

           Whenshehadachild,ithadtobesentouttonurse.Whenhecamehome,theladwasspoiltasifhewereaprince.Hismotherstuffedhimwithjam;hisfatherlethimrunaboutbarefoot,and,playingthephilosopher,evensaidhemightaswellgoaboutquitenakedliketheyoungofanimals.Asopposedtothematernalideas,hehadacertainvirileideaofchildhoodonwhichhesoughttomouldhisson,wishinghimtobebroughtuphardily,likeaSpartan,togivehimastrongconstitution.Hesenthimtobedwithoutanyfire,taughthimtodrinkofflargedraughtsofrumandtojeeratreligiousprocessions.

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