Discussion was useless.
It never got farther than where it started. If I said that which I
wanted much to say, it would merely mean hearing again what I did not
want to hear. Concerning the pursuit of a happy livelihood we were
not apt to agree.
For a half-minute longer I hesitated. Should I make the issue now or
wait until there had been time for her to realize I meant what I
said? Before I could speak she did that which I had never seen her
do before. She burst into tears.
"You must never mention such a thing as this again." Her words came
stumblingly and her usually firm and strong hands trembled badly.
"With my health in its present condition I couldn't get on without
you. You are all I have to really love, and I need you. Don't you
see what you have done? You have made me ill. Ill!"
She was strangely upset and in her eyes was a confused and frightened
look that was new to them, and quickly I went toward her, but she
motioned me away.
"Give me my medicine, and don't ever speak of such a thing
again--such a thing as you have just spoken of! You have always been
beyond my comprehension.
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