Tell me, he added curiously at this point, does
your husband knowof this? Oh, I dont know what I shall do unless I find someway out
of this.
An in case you aint got it, well, money makes the
mare go, youknow. Thats not such anunprofitable profession.
But without saying anything atfirst he merely
looked at her as she wept.
Motherhood should hold no seriousconsequences for
you. And they were no doubt faced by some pressingfinancial situations.
And his arms and hands, the latterfat and pudgy,
yet sensitive, hung limply at his sides.
Ordinarily it was hiscustom to advise immediate and
unconditional marriage.
I know youre probably very much frightened, but
itsnot unusual for women to miss a period.
And it was notimpossible for them to work, the
husband anyhow, and hence manage insome way. And so the very best advice I can give
you nowis that you do nothing at all now or at any time. Hadnt she given him all,
andthat against her better judgment?
What reasoncould a young married woman have for
being so intensely shy andnervous? For even if anything were to be done, it wouldnt
be advisable foryou to do anything before then.
It may look hard now but you are going to feel
better aboutit in the long run. Thats not such anunprofitable profession. He paused
and gazed at her sympathetically, yet with a determinedand concluded look in his
eye. His short iron-gray hair was worn bangsfashion, a bit of rural
vanity.
Tell me, he added curiously at this point, does
your husband knowof this? And in such cases the medicalprofession is in accord.
Then, by degrees, for Clyde at least, there was aslight lifting of the heavy
pall.
And hadnt he joined his to hers, voluntarily?
Perhaps she had better not say that she had been sentby any one. Young peoplethese
days did have a rather hard time of it, getting started insome cases, anyhow. She
must make him if there were noother way out of this.
And before that you have always been
regular?
And now, interestingly enough, at mention of the
fact that she wasmarried, he breathed easier.
Young peoplethese days did have a rather hard time
of it, getting started insome cases, anyhow. And then you wont have your
conscienceto deal with afterwards, either.