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Booth Tarkington
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I certainly do!” Mabel said in bitter complaint. “I never knew anybody that kept more mysterious with their best friends. You never tell me anything. I bet you got a past that if poor Roy knew all about it the very hair on his head would——”
“That’ll do, Mabel!” Arlene spoke sharply, and this reference to her husband overspread her face with quick color; but, instantly realizing that her now deeply offended companion must again be placated, she said in a troubled voice, “Excuse me, Mabel; I didn’t mean it. You say I never tell you anything and maybe that’s so—I guess it’s kind of a habit.” She hesitated; but saw that it was necessary to continue her explanation. “Roy never wanted me to go on working at the Griswold after we were married and I wouldn’t of; but those days we just had to have the money. He hated my being there so much that afterwards—well, it’s something we just never talk about. You understand, don’t you? It’s like people that have been through a sickness or something they want to forget and so never mention.”
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