We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. ‘Well, I thought as how someone in the house in Paddington might see me hanging about outside like. ’ Melusine nodded. She met his eyes for a moment, and could not interpret their expression. Take your case, for instance. "A good idea!" exclaimed the carpenter. She was interested by the swearing of the witnesses. She had, by the magic of recollection, set the picture of the typhoon between herself and her table companions: the terrible rollers thundering on the white shore, the deafening bellow of the wind, the bending and snapping palms, the thatches of the native huts scattering inland, the blur of sand dust, and those two outcasts defying the elements. It was easy to recognize, the one thing that had stayed the same over the years. . . . Lucy, would you like to be my date for the silly little dance they call the Junior Prom?\" There was a pregnant pause as she digested the information. Lady Trafford uttered a prolonged scream, and fainted.
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