The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-14

disposed YOU" ),
ITO 90 with you into the country !
Never sir, never" 4,
Edward walked leisurely out OF I'll
room. -
/ "It is declaration of war;" said Louis
Indignantly; 81 accept it."
] And the reflections she INDUCED wei
certainly little calculated to lead her I
make any concession. "Was that IN
adorcr," she said, "oncc so devoted this
he would have run to the worlds end I
fetch her the last new song, so attcntlv
to her every desire that he seemed to ar
ticipate her every wish! What worl
of pcrfdious hypocrisy in view. But IL
have been over-eached, will not con
sent to be treated as vanquished. Fyn
this day forth, whatever may my hH
bands desire, ! will take care that mil
shall be diametrically opposite"
"Oh! oh !" said Edward, on his side
$50 this is that even temper, that angel
ic sweetness. Her education has all I,
be done over again; and will see to j
myself"
The quarrel had begun after breakfast
dinner hour came, and not the least at
tempt at reconciliation had been made
on either side. They sat down to til,
table with no little embarrassment il
their countenances, but both thoroughly
resolved not to submit to the humiliation
Of making an advance.
Edward passed from the first course to
the second, with an air of impcrturbabll
gravity in every feature. Louisa made i
a point of honor to eat as ifshc had new
er been in circumstances more favorable
to good appetite.
Edward, however, could not resist the
temptation Of endeavoring to ascertain
what effect nearly whole days rehec
ton had produced upon his wife; but il
order to avoid exposing himself by any
undue stiffness of manner, to the chance
Of losing the advantage of this first trial
he resolved to conceal his authority un'
der tae form of wish merely.
IL should very much like" said he,
ITO go to the opera, this evening"
"That's desire you can easily satisfy"
replied Louisa, in her dricst tones.
"What to let shall YOU wear, this even.
ingi" said he, thinking that she was
about to yield.
"Thc one YOU sec; my mother will be
glad to see me as | am"
"Your mother! | thought she did no,
like the opera"
"Who said anything abont the opera
| do not think the opera is the place where
| am in the habit Of visiting my mother.
"Ah! then YOU are going to your
mother'sp
"Ycs."
"Yct, madam
! wish YOU much pleasure at the q "a.
sir" - To-
Louisa left the table, made low cur
tcsy to her husbands and hastily withdrew.
She would never have forgiven herself for
letting him see single one ofthosc tears
OF vexa,iou that were gathering under
the cyclids.
1T is more difficult than l fancied,"
said Edward; "but patience works mira
cles will try to prove am not def
rient there"
Louisa found no company at her moth
er's and could not help regretting Mey-
erbcer's music little but she found con-
ISOLATION in the thought that to soften her
temper, no second lesson would
probably be required, and that such u
victory was well worth two or three tedi-
Gus hours. What especially contributed
to make her bear the annoyance patient
" was the firm persuasion that Edward,
far from having had the audacity to 60
alone to the opera, was passing his time
in still more disagreeable manner, moan
in. and rcpenting, by himself, in his
library. r...s
About ten o'clock Louisa thought the
punishment had lasted long enough
Yielding to feeling Of compassion she
took leave Of ncr mother. She was i'm
patient TO see the heightened countenance
and receive the excuses Of the culprit,
whom she so firmly resolved not to par
don without properly laying down all the
"You may tell your master that have
returned" said she to her maid.
The maid replied,
"Master is out, and he told me to say
that he should not return before mid
night"
Louisa's amazement can only be COM
pared to the burst Of anger that follow
cd.
IL will never forgive him this bchav.
ior." cried she, pulling at her bonnet,
strings rather than untying them.
She forgot, for the moment that par
don can only be refused to those who ask
it; and Edward did not seem at all in.
clined TO submission.
1t was past twelve when he came home
He had all the evening been precisely Of
the opinion those persons entertain who
think that authors of fve-act operas
strangely abuse the ears OF the public
but what blunder it would have been to
show his face at home before the play
was over "What salutary reflections
this long absence must have suggested tc
my wife," he soliloquised, as he came in
"How uneasy she must have been"
Imagine his chagrin, when he found
she had gone to bed, and learned frou
the maid that she had been asleep two
hours,
With the aid of resentment and pride
two advisers ever opposed to justice an'
moderation, matters from this moment
grew worse and worse every day. Ed
ward and Louisa, more and more embit
tered against each other, soon had nj
other thought, no other occupation thar
seeking means Of mutual annoyance. Ii
their conversations, which were OF rar'
occurrence, irony and episnm were eve,
on their lips. Every action of each wa
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