The bright talk at the noon hour made Edna feel that she was a very poor sport.
The young man's work in the foundry alternated weekly between day and night duty.

It occurred to Edna that her young man could not possibly know what she did with those evenings he remained in the foundry.

If she chose to go with a group of girls to a dance hall, what harm?
The long years of married life stretched themselves out somewhat drably to Edna.
She decided to have a good time beforehand.
This girl from now on literally lived a double life.

Evenings of the weeks her young man was free from the foundry, she spent at home with him, placidly playing cards, reading aloud, or talking.

On the other evenings she danced, madly, incessantly.