JULY 



125 



" Maybe," assents Maria wearily. 



Maria thinks that it is the duty of a woman to 

 listen to her husband's words of wisdom, to fetch 

 and to carry for him, to bear him children and to 

 be their slave, to keep his house clean, and to earn 



"NOT FROM THEIR MOOTHER " 



a little money in the intervals by field-work or 

 charing. Her politics, unlike her husband's, are 

 extremely narrow. The only government from 

 which she has ever received any tangible benefit is 

 an ecclesiastical one, and her hopes and expectations 

 centre on the prime ministry of the parson. If a 



