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XI
Our housekeeping went from bad to worse. I was
unable to interfere, for she regarded every opinion ex-
pressed by me, every suggestion of a change made by me,
as an insult. I had to remain passive, powerless in face of
the wanton extravagance of the servants who wasted the
food and neglected the children.
There was nothing but misery, discomfort and quarrels.
When she returned from her journey to Finland, the
expenses of which I had paid in advance, she had two
hundred crowns in her pocket, the financial result of her
performances. . . . Since she kept the cash I made a
mental note of the sum, and when she asked me for money,
long before the date on which it was due, I asked her,
surprised by the unexpected demand, what she had done
with her money ? She replied that she had lent it to her
friend, and argued that according to the law she was free
to dispose of all moneys earned by her.
"And I?" I replied. . . . Moreover, to withdraw
housekeeping money is not disposing. . . .
"It’s a different thing in the case of the woman !"
"In the case of the oppressed woman, you mean? In
the case of the female slave who permits the man to
defray the whole expenses of the household? These are
the logical consequences of the humbug called ’
the
emancipation of woman.’ "
Emile Augier’s prophesies in the Fourchamhault, with
reference to the dotal system have indeed been ful-
filled. The husband has become the slave of the wife.
And there are plenty of men who allow themselves to be
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