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CHAPTER XXVI. MARRIED WOMAN'S PROPERTY
On her return from church that Sunday Mrs Edmund Yule was anxious
to learn the result of the meeting between Amy and her husband.
She hoped fervently that Amy's anomalous position would come to
an end now that Reardon had the offer of something better than a
mere clerkship. John Yule never ceased to grumble at his sister's
permanence in the house, especially since he had learnt that the
money sent by Reardon each month was not made use of; why it
should not be applied for household expenses passed his
understanding.
'It seems to me,' he remarked several times, 'that the fellow
only does his bare duty in sending it. What is it to anyone else
whether he lives on twelve shillings a week or twelve pence? It
is his business to support his wife; if he can't do that, to
contribute as much to her support as possible. Amy's scruples are
all very fine, if she could afford them; it's very nice to pay
for your delicacies of feeling out of other people's pockets.'
'There'll have to be a formal separation,' was the startling
announcement with which Amy answered her mother's inquiry as to
what had passed.
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