The Archive · 1922

Wise as the Serpent

One would not go so far as to suggest that they: should accept it tamely. No good wife should. But, if they are not really jealous,—if they've got to a point where they love their husbands instead of being in love with them,—they long to say; "Clarence, J know. It's that greeneyed Clara Savage. Shell leave nothing but your bones, I'm afraid, my dear, and she's as artful as a Wagon-load of apes. If you'd trust me as a good comrade, 1' tell you how to come out on top, and keep my respect into the bar gain!"

But no good wife had better say this, because it's the last thing

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