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Chapter XXII. The Blaze Of The Tinder: Flesh Wars With The Flesh

           

           Asamatteroffact,nomanascleverasHurstwood—asobservantandsensitivetoatmospheresofmanysorts,particularlyuponhisownplaneofthought—wouldhavemadethemistakewhichhedidinregardtohiswife,wroughtupasshewas,hadhenotbeenoccupiedmentallywithaverydifferenttrainofthought.HadnottheinfluenceofCarrie’sregardforhim,theelationwhichherpromisearousedinhim,lastedover,hewouldnothaveseenthehouseinsopleasantamood.Itwasnotextraordinarilybrightandmerrythisevening.Hewasmerelyverymuchmistaken,andwouldhavebeenmuchmorefittedtocopewithithadhecomehomeinhisnormalstate.

           Afterhehadstudiedhispaperafewmomentslonger,hefeltthatheoughttomodifymattersinsomewayorother.Evidentlyhiswifewasnotgoingtopatchuppeaceataword.Sohesaid:

           “WheredidGeorgegetthedoghehasthereintheyard?”

           “Idon’tknow,”shesnapped.

           Heputhispaperdownonhiskneesandgazedidlyoutofthewindow.Hedidnotproposetolosehistemper,butmerelytobepersistentandagreeable,andbyafewquestionsbringaroundamildunderstandingofsomesort.

           “Whydoyoufeelsobadaboutthataffairofthismorning?”hesaid,atlast.“Weneedn’tquarrelaboutthat.YouknowyoucangotoWaukeshaifyouwantto.”

           “Soyoucanstayhereandtriflearoundwithsomeoneelse?”sheexclaimed,turningtohimadeterminedcountenanceuponwhichwasdrawnasharpandwrathfulsneer.

           Hestoppedasifslappedintheface.Inaninstanthispersuasive,conciliatorymannerfled.

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