"Yes, I know it was." "Then isn't it your duty to see that your real self speaks in that letter now ?" "I want him to know me exactly as I am, and then--" Kitty made a passionate gesture.

Was ever such an uncomprehending woman as this diamond-button of a wife?
"And then you would be unhappy ever after instead of being happy ever after.

What is the good of prejudicing your husband against you by telling the unnecessary truth.

He is desperate, and besides, he has been away from you for five years, and we all change somehow--particularly men, when there are so many women in the world, and very pretty women of all ages and kinds and colours and tastes, and dazzling, deceitful hussies too.

It isn't wise for any woman to let her husband or any one at all see her exactly as she is; and only the silly ones do it.