Orton, given into his possession.
The answer to Mr. Dewey's application for a divorce was drawn up by
Mr. Wallingford, who entered with great earnestness into the matter.
It was filed in court within a week after notice of the application
was received. This was altogether unexpected by the husband, who, on
becoming aware of the fact, lost all decent control of himself, and
ordered his wretched wife to leave his house. This, however, she
refused to do. Then she had her father's angry opposition to brave.
But she remained firm.
"He will cover you with infamy, if you dare to persevere in this mad
opposition," he said. And she answered--
"The infamy may recoil upon his own head. I am innocent--I will not
be such a traitor to virtue as to let silence declare me guilty."
There was a pause, now, for a few weeks. The unhappy state of
affairs at the Allen House made it hardly proper for my wife to
continue her visits there, and Mrs. Dewey did not venture to call
upon her. The trial of the case would not come up for some two or
three months, and both parties were waiting, in stern resolution,
for the approaching contest.
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