"They tire of each other--they tire of each other in a month. A yokefellow is not a companion; he or she is a fellow-sufferer."
It was by no means nave simplicity which inspired Caroline's next remark; it was a sense of antipathy to such opinions, and of displeasure at him who held them.
"One would think you had never been married, uncle. One would think you were an old bachelor."
"Practically, I am so."
"But you have been married. Why were you so inconsistent as to marry?"
"Every man is mad once or twice in his life."
"So you tired of my aunt, and my aunt of you, and you were miserable together?"

"They tire of each other in a month. They are not companions, but fellow-sufferers."
It was not navet which inspired Caroline's next remark; it was a sense of antipathy to such opinions, and displeasure.
"One would think you had never been married, uncle. Why were you so inconsistent as to marry?"
"Every man is mad once or twice in his life."
"So you tired of my aunt, and my aunt of you, and you were miserable together?"
