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He Knew He Was Right

Chapter 5 SHEWING HOW THE QUARREL PROGRESSED.

Word Count: 2974    |    Released on: 29/11/2017

that promise which he had demanded, and resolving that if it were made he would at once become affectionate, yielding, and gentle to his wife. But there was not a word written by his wife wi

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the promise which her husband exacted, but nevertheless, she was minded to obey him. Had he included in his demand any requirement that she should receive no letter from Colonel Osborne, she would not have ope

pect his father. And then there came a horrible thought. What if the child should be taken away from her? If this quarrel, out of which she saw no present mode of escape, were to lead to a separation between her and her husband, would not the law, and the judges, and the courts, and all the Lady Milboroughs of their joint acquaintance into

dog," said Nora; "but, of course,

hen for a few moments. Nora knew well which way ran the current of her sister's thoughts, and had nothing at the present moment which she could say on that subject. "It is very hard for a woman to know w

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marry. And this man is a gentleman, and will be a peer. There is nothing on earth against him, except that h

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burden. I suppose it was thought necessary that every man should have two to choose from; and therefore there are so many more of us than the wor

own, and left it where Louis Tre

g to this man's judgment and wish, and not according to his judgment and wish,-not according to the judgment and wish of him who was her husband, her lord, and her master! "Of course you will tell T. now." This was intolerable to him. It made him feel that he was to be regarded as second, and this man to be regarded as first. And then he began to recapitulate all the good things he had done for his wife, and all the causes which he had given her for gratitude. Had he not taken her to his bosom, and bestowed upon her the half of all that he had simply for herself, asking for nothing more than her love? He had possessed money, position, a name,-all that makes life worth having. He had found her in a remote corner of the world, with no fortune, with no advantages of family or social standing,-so circumstanced that any friend would have warned him against such a marriage; but he had given her his heart, and his hand, and his house, and had asked for nothing in return but that he should be all in all to

queen as though he had taken her from the oldest stock of reigning families then extant. Trevelyan knew all this himself,-had said so to himself a score of times, though not probably in spoken words or formed sentences. But, that all was equal between himself and the wife of his bosom, had been a thing ascertained by him as a certainty. There was no debt of gratitude from her to him which he did not acknowledge to exist also as from him to her. But yet, in his anger, he could not keep himself from thinking of the gifts he had showered upon her. And he had been, was,

shoulders. It was not enough for C?sar that his wife should be true; it was necessary to C?sar that she should not even be suspected. Trevelyan told himself that he suspected his wife of no sin. God forbid that it should ever come to that, both for his sake and for hers; and, above all, for the sake of that boy who was so dear to them both! But there would be the vile whispers, and dirty slanders would be dropped from envious tongues into envious ears, and minds prone to evil would thi

t he was her master. But how was he to proceed when she refused to obey the plainest and most necessary command which he laid upon her? Let a man be ever so much his wife's master, he cannot maintain his masterdom by any power which the law places in his hands. He had asked his wife for a promise of obedience, and she would not give it to him! What was he to do next? He could, no doubt,-at least he thought so,-ke

der to him the obedience which was his privilege. The more he thought of it, the more convinced he was that he ought not to yield to her. Let her once yield to him, and then his tenderness should begin, and there should be

, as it may from servants, by aid of law and with penalties, or as from a horse, by punishments and manger curtailments. A man should be master in his own house, but he should make his mastery palatable, equitable, smooth, soft to the touch, a thing almost unfelt. How was he to do all this now, when he had already given an order to which obedience had been refused unless under certain stipulations,-an agr

t note which he had destroyed. At last he resolved to write to his wif

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u know his handwriting, you will have no difficulty in so arranging. Should any further letter come from C

evening. Pray think very carefully over what I have asked of you. My request to you is, that you shall give me a promise that you will not willingly see Colonel Osborne again. Of course you wil

d after one word from you to the desired effect, you will find that there will be no recurrence by me to a subject so hatefu

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1 Chapter 1 SHEWING HOW WRATH BEGAN.2 Chapter 2 COLONEL OSBORNE.3 Chapter 3 LADY MILBOROUGH'S DINNER PARTY.4 Chapter 4 HUGH STANBURY.5 Chapter 5 SHEWING HOW THE QUARREL PROGRESSED.6 Chapter 6 SHEWING HOW RECONCILIATION WAS MADE.7 Chapter 7 MISS JEMIMA STANBURY, OF EXETER.8 Chapter 8 I KNOW IT WILL DO. 9 Chapter 9 SHEWING HOW THE QUARREL PROGRESSED AGAIN.10 Chapter 10 HARD WORDS.11 Chapter 11 LADY MILBOROUGH AS AMBASSADOR.12 Chapter 12 MISS STANBURY'S GENEROSITY.13 Chapter 13 THE HONOURABLE MR. GLASCOCK.14 Chapter 14 THE CLOCK HOUSE AT NUNCOMBE PUTNEY.15 Chapter 15 WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT IT IN THE CLOSE.16 Chapter 16 DARTMOOR.17 Chapter 17 A GENTLEMAN COMES TO NUNCOMBE PUTNEY.18 Chapter 18 THE STANBURY CORRESPONDENCE.19 Chapter 19 BOZZLE, THE EX-POLICEMAN.20 Chapter 20 SHEWING HOW COLONEL OSBORNE21 Chapter 21 SHEWING HOW COLONEL OSBORNE No.2122 Chapter 22 SHEWING HOW MISS STANBURY BEHAVED23 Chapter 23 COLONEL OSBORNE AND MR. BOZZLE24 Chapter 24 NIDDON PARK.25 Chapter 25 HUGH STANBURY SMOKES HIS PIPE.26 Chapter 26 A THIRD PARTY IS SO OBJECTIONABLE.27 Chapter 27 MR. TREVELYAN'S LETTER TO HIS WIFE.28 Chapter 28 GREAT TRIBULATION.29 Chapter 29 MR. AND MRS. OUTHOUSE.30 Chapter 30 DOROTHY MAKES UP HER MIND.31 Chapter 31 MR. BROOKE BURGESS.32 Chapter 32 THE FULL MOON AT ST. DIDDULPH'S.33 Chapter 33 HUGH STANBURY SMOKES ANOTHER PIPE.34 Chapter 34 PRISCILLA'S WISDOM.35 Chapter 35 MR. GIBSON'S GOOD FORTUNE.36 Chapter 36 MISS STANBURY'S WRATH.37 Chapter 37 MONT CENIS.38 Chapter 38 VERDICT OF THE JURY- MAD, MY LORD. 39 Chapter 39 MISS NORA ROWLEY IS MALTREATED.40 Chapter 40 C. G. 41 Chapter 41 SHEWING WHAT TOOK PLACE AT ST. DIDDULPH'S.42 Chapter 42 MISS STANBURY AND MR. GIBSON BECOME TWO.43 Chapter 43 LABURNUM COTTAGE.44 Chapter 44 BROOKE BURGESS TAKES LEAVE OF EXETER.45 Chapter 45 TREVELYAN AT VENICE.46 Chapter 46 THE AMERICAN MINISTER.47 Chapter 47 ABOUT FISHING, AND NAVIGATION, AND HEAD-DRESSES.48 Chapter 48 MR. GIBSON IS PUNISHED.49 Chapter 49 MR. BROOKE BURGESS AFTER SUPPER.50 Chapter 50 CAMILLA TRIUMPHANT.51 Chapter 51 SHEWING WHAT HAPPENED52 Chapter 52 MR. OUTHOUSE COMPLAINS THAT IT'S HARD.53 Chapter 53 HUGH STANBURY IS SHEWN TO BE NO CONJUROR.54 Chapter 54 MR. GIBSON'S THREAT.55 Chapter 55 THE REPUBLICAN BROWNING.56 Chapter 56 WITHERED GRASS.57 Chapter 57 DOROTHY'S FATE.58 Chapter 58 DOROTHY AT HOME.59 Chapter 59 MR. BOZZLE AT HOME.60 Chapter 60 ANOTHER STRUGGLE.61 Chapter 61 PARKER'S HOTEL, MOWBRAY STREET.62 Chapter 62 LADY ROWLEY MAKES AN ATTEMPT.63 Chapter 63 SIR MARMADUKE AT HOME.64 Chapter 64 SIR MARMADUKE AT HIS CLUB.65 Chapter 65 MYSTERIOUS AGENCIES.66 Chapter 66 OF A QUARTER OF LAMB.67 Chapter 67 RIVER'S COTTAGE.68 Chapter 68 MAJOR MAGRUDER'S COMMITTEE.69 Chapter 69 SIR MARMADUKE AT WILLESDEN.70 Chapter 70 SHEWING WHAT NORA ROWLEY71 Chapter 71 SHEWING WHAT HUGH STANBURY THOUGHT72 Chapter 72 THE DELIVERY OF THE LAMB.73 Chapter 73 DOROTHY RETURNS TO EXETER.74 Chapter 74 THE LIONESS AROUSED.75 Chapter 75 THE ROWLEYS GO OVER THE ALPS.76 Chapter 76 WE SHALL BE SO POOR. 77 Chapter 77 THE FUTURE LADY PETERBOROUGH.78 Chapter 78 CASALUNGA.79 Chapter 79 I CAN SLEEP ON THE BOARDS. 80 Chapter 80 WILL THEY DESPISE HIM 81 Chapter 81 MR. GLASCOCK IS MASTER.82 Chapter 82 MRS. FRENCH'S CARVING KNIFE.83 Chapter 83 BELLA VICTRIX.84 Chapter 84 SELF-SACRIFICE.85 Chapter 85 THE BATHS OF LUCCA.86 Chapter 86 MR. GLASCOCK AS NURSE.87 Chapter 87 MR. GLASCOCK'S MARRIAGE COMPLETED.88 Chapter 88 CROPPER AND BURGESS.89 Chapter 89 I WOULDN'T DO IT, IF I WAS YOU. 90 Chapter 90 LADY ROWLEY CONQUERED.91 Chapter 91 FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.92 Chapter 92 TREVELYAN DISCOURSES ON LIFE.93 Chapter 93 SAY THAT YOU FORGIVE ME. 94 Chapter 94 A REAL CHRISTIAN.95 Chapter 95 TREVELYAN BACK IN ENGLAND.96 Chapter 96 MONKHAMS.97 Chapter 97 MRS. BROOKE BURGESS.98 Chapter 98 ACQUITTED.99 Chapter 99 CONCLUSION.