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We lived very comfortably together for some months; and one day as
we were discoursing together about our third sister, and wondering
we heard no news of her, she came home in as bad a condition as the
elder; her husband had treated her after the same manner: and I
received her likewise with the same affection as I had done the
other.
Some time after, my two sisters, on the ground that they would not
be an expense to me, told me they intended to marry again. I
answered them, that if their putting me to expense was all the
reason they might lay those thoughts aside, and be very welcome to
stay with me; for what I had would be sufficient to maintain us all
three in a manner suitable to our condition. 'But,' said I, 'I
rather believe you have a mind to marry again. If you do, I am sure
it will very much surprise me: after the experience you have had of
the small satisfaction there is in marriage, is it possible you
dare venture a second time? You know how rare it is to meet with a
husband that is a really honest man. Believe what I say, and let us
live together as comfortably as we can.' All my persuasion was in
vain; they were resolved to marry, and so they did. But after some
months were past they came back again, and begged my pardon a
thousand times for not following my advice.
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