’It’sarealold—fashionedAmericancase，assweetandsoundashome—madebread。’Well，ifyoutakehisloafawayfromhim，whatareyougoingtofeedhimwithinstead？WhichofyournastyParispoisonsdoyouthinkhe’llturnto？
Supposingyousucceedinkeepinghimoutofareallybadmess——and，knowingtheyoungmanasIdo，Iratherthinkthat，atthiscrisis，theonlywaytodoitwouldbetomarryhimslapofftosomebodyelse——well，then，who，mayI
ask，wouldyoupickout？OneofyoursweetFrenchingenues，Isuppose？Withasmuchmindasaminnowandasmuchsnapasasoft—boiledegg。Youmighthustlehimintothatkindofmarriage；Idaresayyoucould——butifIknowOwen，thenaturalthingwouldhappenbeforethefirstbabywasweaned。\"
\"Idon’tknowwhyyouinsinuatesuchodiousthingsagainstOwen！\"
\"Doyouthinkitwouldbeodiousofhimtoreturntohisreallovewhenhe’dbeenforciblypartedfromher？Atanyrate，it’swhatyourFrenchfriendsdo，everyoneofthem！