Status Updates From The Age of Innocence

There were a hundred million tickets in his lottery, and there was only one prize; the chances had been too decidedly against him.

“If things go on at this rate, our children will be marrying Beaufort’s bastards.”

He had been what was called a faithful husband; and when May had suddenly died—carried off by the infectious pneumonia through which she had nursed their youngest child—he had honestly mourned her. Their long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of a duty…