11/26 She's rather lonely, I fancy." "So am I." "Well now, Sarah, there's a difference; you know there is. You have your children, and--" "And she my husband." "Well, she's an agreeable woman, and I must go out sometimes. My acquaintance with agreeable women in New York is not very large." "Why don't you ask your wife to go with you? Women who are glad to receive alone the calls of married men, always do suspect their wives of disliking them." "Well, it certainly isn't her fault that men go to see her without their wives. Don't be unfair now, my dear." "I don't think I am," responded Mrs.Belcher. |