If not for my sake,
then for your child's. Think; do you wish May to suffer for the
faults of her parents?'
'I wish she had never been born!'
'And yet you were the happier for her birth. It's only these last
six months that you have fallen again into misery. You indulge it,
and it grows worse, harder to resist. You may say that life seems to
grow worse. Perhaps so. This affair of Amy's has been a heavy blow,
and we shall miss the little money she brought; goodness knows when
another place will be found for her. But all the more reason why we
should help each other to struggle. Perhaps just this year or two
will be our hardest time. If Amy and Annie and Tom were once all
earning something, the worst would be over--wouldn't it? And can't
we find strength to hold out a little longer, just to give the
children a start in life, just to make your father's last years a
bit happier? If we manage it, shan't we feel glad in looking back?
Won't it be something worth having lived for?'
He paused, but Clara had no word for him.
'There's Amy. She's a hard girl to manage, partly because she has
very bad health. I always think of that--or try to--when she
irritates me.
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