The Gladstone Bag (2012)
“Emma didn’t know why Alding Fath was telling her all this, but how did one manage to turn the woman off? And did one honestly want to? “But when you got out on your own …” she prompted.
“I didn’t get out on my own. When I was fifteen, my parents were afraid I was getting worldly notions from too much schooling, so they took me out and married me off to the minister’s nephew. We hadn’t been hitched a week when I knew for a positive fact my new husband was having it off with his uncle’s wife and ...only took me for a cover-up because he thought I was too young and stupid to know any better. I stuck it out for a while. Having my own place to keep was better than being home, and she kept him so busy he didn’t bother me any about the married stuff. Finally, though, the hypocrisy began to get under my skin, so next time he told me he was going to choir practice, I told him a thing or two. He beat me up and threatened to kill me if I ever told on him.”
“How dreadful! What did you do?”MoreLess
“I didn’t get out on my own. When I was fifteen, my parents were afraid I was getting worldly notions from too much schooling, so they took me out and married me off to the minister’s nephew. We hadn’t been hitched a week when I knew for a positive fact my new husband was having it off with his uncle’s wife and ...only took me for a cover-up because he thought I was too young and stupid to know any better. I stuck it out for a while. Having my own place to keep was better than being home, and she kept him so busy he didn’t bother me any about the married stuff. Finally, though, the hypocrisy began to get under my skin, so next time he told me he was going to choir practice, I told him a thing or two. He beat me up and threatened to kill me if I ever told on him.”
“How dreadful! What did you do?”MoreLess
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