He has HIS amours, of course--why should she not have hers also?
Only some women are clumsy, they are over-sensitive and betray themselves too easily; then the injured husband (carefully concealing his little peccadilloes) finds everything out and there is a devil of a row--a moral row, which is the worst kind of row.

But a really clever woman can always steer clear of slander if she likes." Contemptible ruffian! I thought, glancing at his handsome face and figure with scarcely veiled contempt.

With all his advantages of education and his well-bred air he was yet ruffian to the core--as low in nature, if not lower, than the half-savage tramp for whom no social law has ever existed or ever will exist.

But I merely observed: "It is easy to see that you have a thorough knowledge of the world and its ways.

I admire your perception! From your remarks I judge that you have no sympathy with marital wrongs ?" "Not the least," he replied, dryly; "they are too common and too ludicrous.