Excerpt from Refractory HusbandsPreston, put down that book! It's too darkfor you to read, anyway. I was just saying that when Aunt Mary came you'd have to begin and go to church again. Besides, what would she think of me if you didn't? It would simply break her heart she wouldn't understand at all. Not that I understand it myself I never have! How a man, brought up as you were by her, can reconcile it to his conscience to stay away from church as you have lately Sunday after Sunday! Do you realize how long it is since you were in one?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.