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self-acquired but her culture was instinctive. She was naturally
well bred & the manners of a better higher class came to her with
Wednesday Oct. 25 1880.
but little effort on her part. Her husband was 16 years her
senior. He held a position of considerable responsibility, a sole agent
for a I have decided to keep a journal, I went
large to school this morning as ususual we were
company dismissed at eleven oclock because the boiler
He had
fallen burst, and we were dismissed at 5 minutes past
in love this afternoon. W M M W M M Wood Maud Wood
with her pretty face when she was twenty & she having
for him a feeling Tuesday Oct 25 1880. of liking &
respect married him. He was a shrewd business [his business?] man
believed in living well & had been something of a sporting
man before his marriage. Of his wife's intellectual powers
he did not think at all he was proud of her beauty proud of
their home but he never [wanted?] himself never supposed her education beyond a
certain point was something that was superfluous that didn't pay.
She on the contrary had unusual qualities of mind & with
plenty of leisure to cultivate them she outgrew her husband.
Then the unhappiness of her life began. She became familiar
with the best thought of the best minds she had high ideals
of life & love & her husband was a man who had no ideals at
all. She came almost to detest the physical beauty which
was what he liked about her & longed inexpressibly as only
an educated woman can long for a chance to gain a love