But what a pleasure it is to show the bloated fellow the door when he pulls out the linen purse! True, many things must be sacrificed to do it, and how hard that often is can not be described.

I would not bear it long.

But, if I were your wife and you had only property enough for a modest competence, you would scarcely fare better, through my fault, than my poor father.

That would surely be the result"-- she raised her voice in passionate eagerness as she spoke: "I know myself.

As for the immediate future, I feel that the ever-increasing longing for better days and the rank which is my due will kill me if I do not satisfy it speedily.