I think I _was_ one, as a boy, watching what my mother suffered from my father, and how he collared all her money--I suppose it was before the Married Woman's Property Act--and grudged her any for her dress, her little comforts, her books, or even for proper medical advice.

And to hear these Liberal Cabinet Ministers--_Liberal_, mind you--talk about women, often with the filthy phrases of the street--Well: he got a smack on the jaw and decided to treat the incident as a trifling one ...

his private secretary patched it up somehow, but I expressed no regret....
"Well, darling, I'll try to do as you wish.

I'll try to shut you out of my thoughts and return to my experiments, when I'm not on platforms or in the House.

I think I shall get in again--it's a mere matter of money, and thanks to Linda that isn't wanting.