Thebloodrushedtoherface。Hehadhisreasons，then——shewassurenowthathehadhisreasons！Inthetenyearsoftheirmarriage，howoftenhadeitherofthemstoppedtoconsidertheideasonwhichitwasfounded？Howoftendoesamandigaboutthebasementofhishousetoexamineitsfoundation？Thefoundationisthere，ofcourse——thehouserestsonit——butonelivesabovestairsandnotinthecellar。Itwasshe，indeed，whointhebeginninghadinsistedonreviewingthesituationnowandthen，onrecapitulatingthereasonswhichjustifiedhercourse，onproclaiming，fromtimetotime，heradherencetothereligionofpersonalindependence；butshehadlongceasedtofeeltheneedofanysuchidealstandards，andhadacceptedhermarriageasfranklyandnaturallyasthoughithadbeenbasedontheprimitiveneedsoftheheart，andneedednospecialsanctiontoexplainorjustifyit。
“OfcourseIstillbelieveinourideas！”sheexclaimed。
“ThenIrepeatthatIdon\'tunderstand。Itwasapartofyourtheorythatthegreatestpossiblepublicityshouldbegiventoourviewofmarriage。Haveyouchangedyourmindinthatrespect？”
Shehesitated。“Itdependsoncircumstances——onthepubliconeisaddressing。ThesetofpeoplethattheVanSiderensgetaboutthemdon\'tcareforthetruthorfalsenessofadoctrine。Theyareattractedsimplybyitsnovelty。“
“AndyetitwasinjustsuchasetofpeoplethatyouandImet，andlearnedthetruthfromeachother。“