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THE CHINA MAIL; FEBRUARY 14, 1938.

I KNOW SOME

SECRETS

about And John, to my astonishment, young started to get fresh.

I put him off.

HERE'S one thing Ronald," said the wife, "he's so faithful! He can go where he likes. I never have a moment's doubt, Isn't that grand?"

"Very," I said. And

to myself I added: "It's more than grand, it's miraculous. In fact, it's quite incredible.".

Because I know these faithful husbands. I know the Ronalds of this world.

The trouble with Ronald and Heaven knows how many more like him! is that because he has married one woman he thinks he knows all about every other woman.

I've met a few of these husbands with roving eyes and hands. May- be someone will reply that it's the fault of the company I keep.

But I defy any girl who mixes with young married people to say she has never met the married man who thinks he can get away with

back. anything behind his wife's And what's moré, assumes that his wife's girl-friends have the same rotten attitude to life as he has.

I have in mind one young hus- band whom I'll call John, just to hide his real name: His wife was at school with me. I had met John when he was courting my friend. They married, settled in a house and asked me to a little house- warming party.

During the evening, five of the other people went into the garden to see some sort of tiny rockery. John was left in the drawing-room with me.

his house if you happen to be single girl.

BY PAMELA BURKE

girl" usually gets the worse end of the stick however well founded her complaint might be.

The Ronalds of this world, you gee, are far too cunning to fix clandestine meetings, to neglect their wives for long periods.

"That's all right, wife sweet, I'll show her around. You just sit He continued and became so there and talk with auntie!"

that I thought a good And oh the interest he shows in annoying

was about the smallest and darkest rooms. hard slap in, the face

reluctance with which he the one thing to bring him to his The

They are horrified at the very switches on the light! The eager senses.

"This mention of the Continental system ness with which he says:

and mistress in another home. step is rather tricky, dear; let me of wife and family at home help you

never heard

horrified Apparently he has

But they aren't a bit that it is possible to help a girl at the thought of, at least, being over an awkward step without mentally unfaithful to their wives winding an arm around her waist. with a girl who visits their own He's terribly broadminded, of homes.

What's the cure? such a dirty course. Much more so than when ⠀・・

single. was

Marriage has I'll tell you mine.

He must have guessed what I was going to do. Just as I hit at him, he caught my wrist.

"For God's sake," he said, “don't make a scene.” He had gone quite pale.

*

don't be "Well, idiot," I said, "what do you expect he

OF

me to do when you act like that? Sit still and like it?”

"Ssssssh," he said, "they're com- ing back. Please, please don't say anything. I must have been mad."

The others came in.

"Ah, there you are, darling," he said to his wife, "did they like the rockery?”

I felt sick.

.

I

MARRIED

MEN!

He knows,

taught him such a lot. too, the strength of his position,

*

Because I knew he hadn't been

Many a girl, though embarrassed, overtaken by a burst of madness. will pass over these little incidents He had calculated he could get rather than make a scene before

and calcu- the wife. away with something- lated wrongly.

Then there's the married man- Because Ronald is known to be who simply loves showing you over extremely faithful. And the "other

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There was a young married couple, a single man—and myself.

We had been bathing on a rather deserted Cornish beach. After a while the wife, decided to have an- other dip. The single young man said he would join her.

I was left alone with the young husband.

He started to talk-dirt. He started to act-d

-dirt.

Just as he looked like becoming too demonstrative I said casually: "Wonder what they're up to behind those rocks? Seem a long time."

He paused, and then said: "Who cares? Look let's

"I wonder," said, "whether your wife at this moment is-

**

"Look here," he said, "you mustn't talk like that about my wife. Hang it all, a bit of fun's all right-

"With me," I said, "not with your wife.

Better run along and

see what's happening."

He did. Of course, nothing was happening.

The other fellow had

a bit of decency about him.

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