Do not ppl who selflessly choose the path of servitude to one or more individuals often neglect other paths & other individuals who need them just as much?” he asked her.
“Like nun going into the convent & leaving a family bereft of her presence?” she said.
His eyes smiled. “That would be one illustration, I suppose,”he said,”though I confess I would not hav thought of it myself.”
“Or a mother so devoted to her children that she would neglect her husband?”she said.
He pursed he’s lips & tossed the blade of grass aside. “That would b the husband’s fault for not paying enough attention to pleasuring her,”he said.
And trust him to give a sexual slant to what was really an interesting topic.
“Or a mother so devoted to her husband, then,” she said, exasperated, ” that she would neglect her children.”
“There could never b such a mother, could there?” he said softly.
“No.
Mary Balogh (Then Comes Seduction) PG.299
