Minturn's arm.
"Since you ask me," she said, "I will answer. If you find life with Mr.
Minturn insufferable, an agony to both of you, I _would_ separate, and
_speedily_. If it has come to the place where you can't see each other or
speak without falling into unpleasantness, then I'd keep apart."
"That is exactly the case!" cried Mrs. Minturn. "Oh Leslie, I am so glad
you agree with me!"
"But I haven't finished," said Leslie, "you interrupted me in the middle.
If you are absolutely sure you can't go on peaceably, I would stop; but if
I once had loved a man enough to give my life and my happiness into his
keeping, to make him the father of my children, I would not separate from
him, until I had exhausted every resource, to see if I couldn't in some
possible way end with credit."
"If you had been through what I have," said Mrs. Minturn, "you wouldn't
endure it any longer."
"Perhaps," said Leslie. "But you see dear Mrs. Minturn, I am handicapped
by not knowing _what_ you have been through. To your world you appear to
be a woman of great wealth, who does exactly as she pleases and pays her
own bills.
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