"
"I know you will. But there! What is the good of talking about
_maybe's_? At every turn and corner of life, there is sure to stand a
_maybe_. I wait until we meet and I generally find them more friendly
than otherwise."
"I wanted Jane to come with me this afternoon, and she would not do so."
"She is right. I don't think I expect her to come. She didn't like what
I said to her the last time she favored me with a visit."
"What did you say to her, mother?"
"I will not tell thee. I hev told her to her face and I will not be a
backbiter. Not I! Ask thy wife what I said to her and why I said it and
the example I set before her. She can tell thee."
"Whatever is the matter with the women of these days, mother?"
"I'm sure I cannot tell. If they had a thimbleful of sense, they would
know that the denial of the family tie is sure to weaken the marriage
tie. One thing I know is that society has put motherhood out of
fashion. It considers the nursery a place of punishment instead of a
place of pleasure.
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