12/84 But he still sighs and murmurs--being one of the most independent and high spirited of men--about living a burden on his wife. I can only answer, what in my heart of hearts I feel, that I took him for Better and for Worse; that I have had many years of the Better, and that, even in our present trouble, the Worse shows no signs of coming yet! The bead purse is getting on fast. Red and blue, in a pretty striped pattern. We go to Appletreewick to-morrow. |