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Updated: May 28, 2025
As a part of her marriage-portion, Mr Grove was to present to his daughter one of the handsome new houses in the neighbourhood of Columbus Square, and there the young lady's married-life was to commence.
In some cases this is well, but, generally, it is better to speak openly even of little difficulties; especially those which may arise in the first part of married-life, as this frankness enables husband and wife to gain an insight into all those trifling peculiarities of character which each may possess, and on attention to which, much of their future happiness may depend.
Even during the bright brief years of her married-life, she had known little respite from toil, for her husband had been a poor man, and he had died suddenly, before her son was born. With few words spoken, and few tears shed, save what fell in secret, she had given her infant to her mother's care, and gone back again to a servant's place in the minister's household.
It seems to me the chances of happiness are not so unequal in single and married-life as is generally supposed." "You mayna be the best judge of that," said Mrs Snow, gravely. "No, I suppose not," said Graeme, with a laugh. "But I have no patience with the nonsense that is talked about old maids.
All this Graeme tried to make Fanny see without using many words, and she had a more docile pupil than she would have had during the first year of her married-life. For Fanny had now entire confidence in the wisdom and love of her sister, and did her best to profit by her teaching: It was the same where the child was concerned.
He had spoke of her mother as he had seldom spoken even to Graeme, of the early days of their married-life of all she had been to him, of all she had helped him to be and to do. And more than once he said, "You are like your mother, Graeme, in some things, but you have not her hopeful nature. You must be more hopeful and courageous, my child." He spoke of Marian, Graeme remembered afterward.
And, besides, it is not ordained that every woman should marry. They say married-life is happier, and all that; but a woman may be happy and useful, too, in a single life, even if the higher happiness be denied her." "But, my dear, what ailed you at him you sent away the other week him that Rosie was telling me of?" "Rosie had little to do telling you anything of the kind.
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