Married Life: its shadows and sunshine
MARRIED LIFE: ITS SHADOWS AND SUNSHINE BY T. S. ARTHUR. PHILADELPHIA: 1852. PREFACE.
STEVE. 'I can say that I never thought of myself as possessing
dangerous qualities. I thought I was utterly unattractive to women.'
ALICE. 'You _must_ have known about your eyes.'
STEVE, eagerly, 'My eyes? On my soul I didn't.'
Amy wonders if this can be true. Alice rises. She feels that she
cannot control herself much longer.
ALICE. 'Steve, if you don't go away at once I shall scream.'
STEVE, really unhappy, 'Is it as bad as that?'
AMY, rising, 'You heard what Mrs. Grey said. This is very painful to
her. Will you please say good-bye.'
In the novel circumstances he does not quite know how this should be
carried out.
ALICE, also shy, 'How shall we do it, Amy? On the brow?'
AMY. 'No, mother--with the hand.'
They do it with the hand, and it is thus that the Colonel finds them.
He would be unable to keep his countenance were it not for a warning
MARRIED LIFE: ITS SHADOWS AND SUNSHINE BY T. S. ARTHUR. PHILADELPHIA: 1852. PREFACE.