There were seven tales in all—short stories—a method of expression quite strange to her, after the immense canvases of Dickens and Hugo. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. We have a very nice set of young people here too just at present, and you would soon make some friends. Were I a painter of subject pictures, I would exhaust all my skill in proportion and perspective and atmosphere upon the august seat of empire, I would present it gray and dignified and immense and respectable beyond any mere verbal description, and then, in vivid black and very small, I would put in those valiantly impertinent vans, squatting at the base of its altitudes and pouring out a swift, straggling rush of ominous little black objects, minute figures of determined women at war with the universe. ” Lucy put the back of her hand to Michelle’s forehead. I should never have noticed the miniature at all, if it hadn't been for him. " "I begin to see that I shall have to learn English all over again. Dinner consisted of three courses. Say I will come to him. "Sign this," he said, pushing the document towards Sir Rowland. “I—I am sorry—I didn’t explain. If that's true, she's not long for this world.
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