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292 TIIE SKJUTS-BOY.
"That is no wonder; you speak just as you undcrstand it;
you like those best fo whom you are best accustomed. I bave
hot been fo your bouse for no purpose. I know how your father
nsed to acçl he stamped npon the floor, and cursed and swore
like a Turk. Such conduc# I do hot like at all."
":But X know that :Borgensticrna does hot stamp, neither docs
he curse and swear like a Turk or Christian. I know that# ho is
a straightforward man, and dcserves the love and respect of a
woman."
"t#espect ! whut respect ? that is what I should llke fo know.
What do you nleaa by that ?" said #Iina, again elevating ber
lîttle pug nose; "do you mean fo say that one should bc afraid
of ber own husband ? That is a fine story! I should not advise
Lamm fo endeavour to frightcn me."
"I do not understand the word respect as you do, and am far
from thinking of such a thing as fright. If is certainly very
dis##sting whcn one party wants what the other does hot. I
on the c.ontrary, ara never so glad as when I ara able fo comply
with all his wishes. Look here, dear 5[ina, if I should be obliged
fo marry a man who stood far beneath me in intellect, education,
and othcr qualifications, I should like fo be the commanderi but,
under present circumstanccs, I plainly pcrccivc that my place is,
thank Goal, where it ought to be, and where it rnust bel that is
the reason why I ara so hai»py. And you ought hot to be
offended if I speak my mind plainly, ¢hat in a bouse where
the wife rules, happiness can noter be found" she cannot enter-
t.ain proper esteem for the man who docs hot call himself a
"Indeed, you speak as silly as a girl twelve years old," replicd
Mina, contemptuously. "Is it such a beautfful thing fo obey,
and always obey, and not know whethcr you #vill be allowed to
more eithcr fo the right or left, like a broken-winged goose #
Should you hot be allowcd to gaam#ble a little T’
"I bave no desire to resemble a broken-winged goose," I assure
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