Sons and Lovers

pro­spect of her life made her feel as if she were bur­ied alive.

, hav­ing an end house, she en­joyed a kind of ar­is­to­cracy among the other wo­men of the “between”

the pro­spect of her life made her feel as if she were bur­ied alive.

What have I to do with all this? Even the child I am go­ing to have! It doesn’t seem as if I were taken into ac­coun

“A man will part with any­thing so long as he’s drunk, and you’re drunk along with him,”

They’re my houses, those two,” said the mother-in-law. “And not clear either. It’s as much as I can do to keep the mort­gage in­terest paid.”

to have a hus­band as takes all the worry of the money, and leaves you a free hand.”

And, hav­ing an end house, she en­joyed a kind of ar­is­to­cracy among the other wo­men of the “between

would sub­mit, re­li­giously, to the sac­ri­fice.

she waited on him, cooked for him still, and loved to slave for him