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Chapter 4

           ‘Ifheis!Heisthegreatesttyrantthateverylived,shedaren’tcallhersoulherown,hemakeshertremblewithawordandevenwithalook,hefrightenshertodeath,andshehasn’tthespirittogivehimawordback,no,notasingleword.’

           Notwithstandingthatthefacthadbeennotoriousbeforehandtoallthetea-drinkers,andhadbeendiscussedandexpatiatedonateverytea-drinkingintheneighbourhoodforthelasttwelvemonths,thisofficialcommunicationwasnosoonermadethantheyallbegantotalkatonceandtoviewitheachotherinvehemenceandvolubility.MrsGeorgeremarkedthatpeoplewouldtalk,thatpeoplehadoftensaidthistoherbefore,thatMrsSimmonsthenandtherepresenthadtoldhersotwentytimes,thatshehadalwayssaid,‘No,HenriettaSimmons,unlessIseeitwithmyowneyesandhearitwithmyownears,Ineverwillbelieveit.’MrsSimmonscorroboratedthistestimonyandaddedstrongevidenceofherown.TheladyfromtheMinoriesrecountedasuccessfulcourseoftreatmentunderwhichshehadplacedherownhusband,who,frommanifestingonemonthaftermarriageunequivocalsymptomsofthetiger,hadbythismeansbecomesubduedintoaperfectlamb.Anotherladyrecountedherownpersonalstruggleandfinaltriumph,inthecoursewhereofshehadfounditnecessarytocallinhermotherandtwoaunts,andtoweepincessantlynightanddayforsixweeks.

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