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Rh even forgivingly of cottages and roses? and have I not a natural antipathy to honeysuckle?" it is vain to argue with a woman: just like walking in London on a rainy day, for every step forward, you slide back two at least; and even as the mud slips from under you, so does her mind. I wish, Ellen, you were a little more reasonable." "You should have thought of that before you married me; but now your misfortune is irreparable,

And there is the carriage; so now for our drive—I want to make some purchases in La Strada." How very satisfactory those discussions must be, where each party retains their own opinion! Presentiments—those clouds, indicative of change, which pass over the mind—what are they? They come, and they come not. Who shall deny but that some events "cast their shadows before;" while others, and those, too, the great ones of our life, come suddenly and without sign: