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21 " You deny our vows. You deny my rights. You abuse my pride and leave me nothing of yourself. You send me from you on some lackey's strength. You betray me at every turn." Shanna met his glare and hurled a fierce reply. " You took my heart and set your fingers firm around it, then, no doubt delighted at your success, you rent it with unfaithfulness." " Unfaithfulness is only from a husband. You play the same to me and yet do say I am no spouse." " You plead you are my husband true and spite the suitors come to woo me." " Yea!" Ruark raged. " Your suitors flock about your skirts in heated lust, and you yield them more than me." Shanna paused before him, rage etched upon her face. " You're a churlish cad!" " They fondle you boldly and you set not their hands away from you." " A knavish blackguard!" " You are a married woman!" " I am a widow!" " You are my wife!" Ruark shouted to be heard over the rising wind outside. "
22 " Obedience is a strong virtue, capable of making me master of my emotions by giving me more strength to conquer my pride as I submit to those above me out of respect for their God-given authority and those below me out of love. "
23 " I still have the Triumph Palm Beach I was given for Christmas when I was 11. By today's standards, it is heavy and slow, but was my pride and joy at the time. "
24 " That was my pride and joy - that I made it through all those years of minor hockey without losing any of my teeth; then, I ended up losing them in a car accident in New York when I was riding in a taxi. So, I end up losing my teeth, but not in the glamorous fashion I envisioned. "
