Then goeth she for a pail of water. In the afternoon, very
probably, she dresses herself in silks, looking not only pretty, but
lady-like, and strolls round the house, not unconscious that some
gentleman may be staring at her from behind the green blinds. After
supper, she walks to the village. Morning and evening, she goes
a-milking. And thus passes her life, cheerfully, usefully, virtuously,
with hopes, doubtless, of a husband and children.--Mrs. H------ is a
particularly plump, soft-fleshed, fair-complexioned, comely woman enough,
with rather a simple countenance, not nearly so piquant as Nancy's. Her
walk has something of the roll or waddle of a fat woman, though it were
too much to call her fat. She seems to be a sociable body, probably
laughter-loving. Captain H------ himself has commanded a steamboat, and
has a certain knowledge of life.
Query, in relation to the man's missing wife, how much desire and
resolution of doing her duty by her husband can a wife retain, while
injuring him in what is deemed the most essential point?
Observation.
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