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The dusky obscurity of the room was twice welcome. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. But threats and entreaties—even promises were ineffectual; and the unlucky captive, after exhausting his powers of persuasion, was compelled to give up the point. She will not confide in me. “These are the sort of things that aren’t supposed to happen. Wood fared still worse. She could not realize what she saw. It was filled with sopping lichens and green benches too slimy to sit upon. He gave her silence in return. ‘You mean—’ ‘Hilary!’ Lucy turned excited eyes back to Alderley. Moving swiftly to the end of the corridor, he pushed open a door at random and entered a large room, which looked to have been a saloon, judging from the faded gilt and crimson wall-paper, a mirror above the fireplace which was surrounded by an ornate gilded frame, now sadly tarnished, and a worn Chippendale sofa with striped upholstery and tasselled cushions. ‘I never met a rat what wandered about the place with a lantern, I didn’t,’ grumbled the old lodgekeeper aggrievedly. Planting his knee against her side, he pulled her towards him with one hand, while with the other he sought his knife. Still, I'm glad she didn't accept my invitation to join us.
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