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There were times when I had no doubt that my wife
hated me and wished to get rid of me in order to marry
again.
Sometimes strange reflections in the expression of her
face made me suspect her of having a lover, and her
coldness towards me strengthened my suspicion; all of a
sudden my smouldering jealousy burst into fierce flames,
our marriage was shaken to its very foundations, and hell
opened wide at our feet.
My wife declared that she was ill, suffering from some
vague disease of the spine or the back, she was uncertain
which.
I sent for the family doctor, an old college friend of
mine. He diagnosed rheumatic knots on the muscles of
the back, and prescribed a course of massage. I had no
objection to make, for there seemed to be no doubt of the
realit}’ of the disease. As I had no idea of the intimate
nature of the treatment, I remained completely absorbed
in my literary work, and paid no attention whatever to the
progress of the cure. My wife did not appear to be
dangerously ill, for she came and went as usual, visited
the theatres, never refused an invitation, and was always
the last to leave a party.
One evening, at a small gathering of friends, some one
suddenly began to bewail the dearth of lady doctors. The
speaker maintained that it must be very unpleasant for a
woman to undress before a stranger, and, turning to
Marie, he said—
“Am I not right? Isn’t it very unpleasant?”
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