New Grub Street
“WORK WITHOUT HOPE The prudent course was so obvious that he marvelled at Amy's failing to suggest it. For people in their circumstances to be paying a rent of fifty pounds when a home could be found for half the money was recklessness; there would be no difficulty in letting the flat for this last year of their lease, and the cost of removal would be trifling. The mental relief of such a change might enable him to front with courage a problem in any case very difficult, and, as things were, desperate. Three months ago, in a moment of profoundest misery, he had proposed this step; courage failed him to speak of it again, Amy's look and voice were too vivid in his memory. Was she not capable of such a sacrifice for his sake? Did she prefer to let him bear all the responsibility of whatever might result from a futile struggle to keep up appearances?
Between him and her there was no longer perfect confidence. Her silence meant reproach, and—whatever might have been the case before—there w...as no doubt that she now discussed him with her mother, possibly with other people.MoreLess
Between him and her there was no longer perfect confidence. Her silence meant reproach, and—whatever might have been the case before—there w...as no doubt that she now discussed him with her mother, possibly with other people.MoreLess
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