" "How did you escape?" asked Sheppard, who, as he shook off his slumber, began to recall the events of the previous night. We do not remember to have met with a single individual, reported to be under petticoat government, who was not content with his lot,—nay, who so far from repining, did not exult in his servitude; and we see no way of accounting for this apparently inexplicable conduct—for which, among other phenomena of married life, various reasons have been assigned, though none entirely satisfactory to us—except upon the ground that these domineering dames possess some charm sufficiently strong to counteract the irritating effect of their tempers; some secret and attractive quality of which the world at large is in ignorance, and with which their husbands alone can be supposed to be acquainted. He laughed once or twice at himself as he paced backwards and forwards. I can see the whole thing was just a set-up for sequels, though. They’ve just got to keep white. Ann Veronica, after a last survey of the dinner appointments, followed him, rustling, came to his side by the high brass fender, and touched two or three ornaments on the mantel above the cheerful fireplace. The place to which you went was not the English Embassy, and the whole performance was a fraud. Ben watched these manoeuvres with great interest, and strained every sinew in his frame to keep ahead of the other boats.
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