[The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig by David Graham Phillips]@TWC D-Link bookThe Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig CHAPTER I 20/24
So you're going TO TRY to get me a wife ?" "I'm going to get you one--one of the sort you need.
You need a woman who'll tame you down and lick you into shape." Craig smiled scornfully. "One who'll know how to smooth the enemies you make with your rough-and-tumble manners; one who'll win friends for you socially--" Josh made a vehement gesture of dissent.
"Not on your life!" cried he. "Of course, my wife must be a lady, and interested in my career.
But none of your meddling politicians in petticoats for me! I'll do my own political maneuvering.
I want a woman, not a bad imitation of a man." "Well, let that go," said Arkwright.
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