9/19 Now, Mrs.Linley, in two words; your husband is determined to have little Miss Kitty; and the law, when he applies to it, is his obedient humble servant." "Do you mean that the law takes my child away from me ?" "I am ashamed, madam, to think that I live by the law; but that, I must own, is exactly what it is capable of doing in the present case. Compose yourself, I beg and pray. A time will come when women will remind men that the mother bears the child and feeds the child, and will insist that the mother's right is the best right of the two. In the meanwhile--" "In the meanwhile, Mr.Sarrazin, I won't submit to the law." "Quite right, Catherine!" cried Mrs.Presty. "Exactly what I should do, in your place." Mr.Sarrazin listened patiently. |