"Are none of my children looking after you, Maggie ?" "Marriage," said Mrs.Hilbery, coming into the room, and nodding her head once or twice, "I always say marriage is a school.

And you don't get the prizes unless you go to school.

Charlotte has won all the prizes," she added, giving her sister-in-law a little pat, which made Lady Otway more uncomfortable still.

She half laughed, muttered something, and ended on a sigh.
"Aunt Charlotte was saying that it's no good being married unless you submit to your husband," said Katharine, framing her aunt's words into a far more definite shape than they had really worn; and when she spoke thus she did not appear at all old-fashioned.

Lady Otway looked at her and paused for a moment.
"Well, I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married," she said, beginning a fresh row rather elaborately.
Mrs.Hilbery knew something of the circumstances which, as she thought, had inspired this remark.