"
"On the contrary, on the contrary," grumbled her husband, chuckling
inwardly.
"I do not know but what your words have a double meaning; but Fabian,
_we_ must not quarrel, let us become reconciled, there is my hand."
"Your heart ever overflows with the milk of human kindness, my dear,"
said he.
"Thank you, my dear husband,--but can you imagine what I really intended
to say?"
"Indeed I cannot."
"I intended to say, should you ever cast your eyes upon another--"
"God forbid!"
"You may well say God forbid, am I not your wife, who will not allow her
rights to be trodden under foot?"
"Am I not aware of that?"
"Even if you are, my dear, there is no harm in my saying that if I
should discover the slightest cause which would arouse my suspicion I
would scratch out your eyes!"
"Sweet _Ulgenie_!"
_Ulgenie_, a word which the reader will observe, is compounded from the
words Ulrica and Eugenie, was one of those contorted terms of
endearment, which Mrs. H---- permitted her husband to use during their
moments of tenderness.
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