Late night story

... this summer; knows that I'd be a fool to try to get away from it; and a selfish wretch if I let you and the children stay here because I have to. You've worked pretty hard on this job your- self, Julia" here, again, was a covert sarcasm which the Governor would never know if his wife understood "and a change will do you good. I don't suppose you'll rest you'll carry the job with you wherever you go but the change will help. And the children need it, too. Now, where do you want to go ? "

   Julia Livingston had brought him money. She had been considered a clever girl and most people believed she would make an excellent helpmeet for Lyman Innes, already when he married a well-established and a "rising" man. But their dream of success was not the same dream. She was everywhere spoken of as having been a great aid to her husband, with her energy, her skill in practical affairs, her ambition for him. But he knew if she did not that all she shared in his success was the enjoyment of its emoluments. She was a thin, sharp woman with pale-blue eyes and frizzy light hair. Her speech was quick and nervous, leading her into many bursts of tactless- ness.