I'd fight the devil to get it, but after I've once got it, I'll give it to the first fool who comes begging.

But the getting of it is great." "How long did it last ?" "My marriage?
Going on eighteen years.

She was down on Long Island for the last ten of them." "Then you lived with her eight.

Was she always--always-" "Took it before I ever married her, and I found it out in a month.

She wasn't so much to blame as you might think," he pursued thoughtfully.
"You see she had a tough time of it, and she was little and weak, and everything was against her.