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Show ACT MATURELY Mrs. Curry can't forgive her husband for deceiving her. The deception was this: Bob, who is a successful and dutiful duti-ful husband, has been sending send-ing $50 a month to an old woman who was his mother's nurse. He has been keeping this donation a secret for 14 years. What makes Margery so mad is to think that while she was skimping and saving, Bob was passing out this dole to a woman who had no real claim to it. But worst of all, the fact that she was kept in the dark on an important family matter mat-ter for so long has shattered her faith in her husband. The old bond of faith seems to be ripped apart, and Margery cannot bring herself to face the situation. In all other ways Bob has been nearly perfect. per-fect. The sudden discovery of this secret has ended Margery's Marg-ery's happiness. Miss Norris replies that we must all forgive and forget. In this case it should not be so hard, seeing that Bob was acting act-ing from what he considered the highest motives gratitude to his mother's nurse. That he could not afford this generosity gener-osity is another matter. The real issue is whether Margery can act like a mature woman, and overlook a matter that, after all, is not very serious. |