People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder

The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.