She is at least an impostor, whether she cheats me or not, because she means to do so; and it is well if that be all the censure she deserves.
"This brings me to my second class of ideas upon this topic, and here I feel that I should be fearfully puzzled, were I called upon to recommend the practice on the score of convenience.

If a husband chose that his wife should paint, perhaps it might be her duty, as well as her interest, to comply.

But I think he would not much consult his own, for reasons that will follow.

In the first place, she would admire herself the more; and in the next, if she managed the matter well, she might he more admired by others; an acquisition that might bring her virtue under trials, to which otherwise it might never have been exposed.

In no other case, however, can I imagine the practice in this country to be either expedient or convenient.