Rembrandt The Jewish Bride

Rembrandt The Jewish Bride
Samson And Delilah
seated nude
Spring Breeze
¡¡¡¡ One day he received a surprise. Mrs. Edlin came to see him, quite on her own account. Jude's wife, whose feelings as to where his affections were centred had reached absolute indifference by this time, went out, leaving the old woman alone with Jude. He impulsively asked how Sue was, and then said bluntly, remembering what Sue had told him: "I suppose they are still only husband and wife in name?" ¡¡¡¡ Mrs. Edlin hesitated. "Well, no--it's different now. She's begun it quite lately--all of her own free will." ¡¡¡¡ "When did she begin?" he asked quickly. ¡¡¡¡ "The night after you came. But as a punishment to her poor self. He didn't wish it, but she insisted." ¡¡¡¡ "Sue, my Sue--you darling fool--this is almost more than I can endure! ... Mrs. Edlin--don't be frightened at my rambling-- I've got to talk to myself lying here so many hours alone-- she was once a woman whose intellect was to mine like a star to a benzoline lamp: who saw all MY superstitions as cobwebs that she could brush away with a word. Then bitter affliction came to us, and her intellect broke, and she veered round to darkness