He is
furious with me, because I told him what I thought in plain words.
Naturally he did not in the least understand what I was driving at. But
I think I made him see that Lillie had never been faithless to him in
the physiological meaning of the word--and that is all that matters to
men of his stamp.
I am convinced that Lillie would not have suffered half so much if she
had really been unfaithful in the ordinary sense.
But to return to me and my affairs.
You cannot imagine what a wonderful business-woman the world has lost in
me. Not only have I made both ends meet--I, who used to dread my
Christmas bills--but I have so much to the good in solid coin of the
realm that I could fill a dozen pairs of stockings. And I keep my
accounts--think of that, Richard! Every Monday morning Torp appears with
her slate and account-book, and they must balance to a farthing.
I bathe once or twice a day from my cosey little hut at the end of the
garden, and in the evening I row about in my little white boat.
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