Chapter 32

"David, my dear," she said finally, "I want your marriage to be a success. I think you are capable of being master of circumstances. If you care for a word of advice from me--only one word--I'd say: Never give up that resolve. Be the head of the house. If you can't do it in the beginning, you must do it in the end. Bring her to you; don't go to her." "This," said David, getting up to come over to her chair and put his arm around her shoulders for a moment, "from one of the most independent, competent, forceful wome…