夜雨聆风It made us all laugh. Mrs Luttrell went on: ‘Oh, I know my faults, but I’mnot going to give them up at my time of life. George has just got to put upwith me.’
Colonel Luttrell looked at her quite fatuously.
I think it was seeing them both on such good terms that led to a discus-sion on marriage and divorce that took place later in the day.
Were men and women actually happier by reason of the greater facilit-ies afforded for divorce, or was it often the case that a temporary periodof irritation and estrangement – or trouble over a third person – gave wayafter a while to a resumption of affection and friendliness?
It is odd sometimes to see how much at variance people’s ideas are withtheir own personal experiences.
My own marriage had been unbelievably happy and successful, and Iam essentially an old-fashioned person, yet I was on the side of divorce –of cutting one’s losses and starting afresh. Boyd Carrington, whose mar-riage had been unhappy, yet held for an indissoluble marriage bond. Hehad, he said, the utmost reverence for the institution of marriage. It wasthe foundation of the state.
Norton, with no ties and no personal angle, was of my way of thinking.
