The Jewel Casket

The Jewel Casket
The Kitchen Maid
The Lady of Shalott
the night watch by rembrandt
¡¡¡¡ Jude did not get any better, and one day he requested Arabella, with considerable hesitation, to execute a commission for him. She asked him indifferently what it was. ¡¡¡¡ "To write to Sue." ¡¡¡¡ "What in the name--do you want me to write to her for?" ¡¡¡¡ "To ask how she is, and if she'll come to see me, because I'm ill, and should like to see her--once again." ¡¡¡¡ "It is like you to insult a lawful wife by asking such a thing!" ¡¡¡¡ "It is just in order not to insult you that I ask you to do it. You know I love Sue. I don't wish to mince the matter-- there stands the fact: I love her. I could find a dozen ways of sending a letter to her without your knowledge. But I wish to be quite above-board with you, and with her husband. A message through you asking her to come is at least free from any odour of intrigue. If she retains any of her old nature at all, she'll come." ¡¡¡¡ "You've no respect for marriage whatever, or its rights and duties!"