When I think of a merry happy free young girl – and look at the ailing aching state a young wife generally is doomed to – which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

When I think of a merry happy free young girl – and look at the ailing aching state a young wife generally is doomed to – which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.

I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.