[ftputil] perennial weirdo

[Henry Santiago]

As it happened, Bobby had come in just when Niels was punishingher. The whole marriage, the whole antecedents of this marriage wereimmoral . It was not often that Niels even saw his wife in the early part ofthe winter. Unlike dogs, they do not cling to or fawnupon him who does not deserve their love.
Atlast he turned north again, along pig-pens and milk-house, till hereached the garden. Pictures of the past flitted throughhis mind: the first that had come to him through many months. A feeling of shame swept through him,unnerving his strength. There heturned south into the bush, almost running over the sun-dappledsoil between the trees. It would almost seem as if she watched for his appearance on theyard to extinguish even her lamp. It was a meeting of no more than a quarter minute. Hopelessness andindifference began to show more and more even in his physique. Suddenly the shadow of a figure fell across the grass in front ofhim. It was still early when he saw his wife leave the house for her nowaccustomed walk in the bluff.
As for the farm, he would pay in half crops.
But he attended himself to all those of thechores which necessitated entering the house. Again she was in undress for the night, with a gown thrown over hershoulders. When he came to the sentence, That which is crooked cannot be madestraight, it seemed a comfort.
And yet, Niels, even then I could not get rid of the thought ofyou.
On the wagon-truck drawn by the slow, plodding beasts rested asand-box without a seat. The manbent over and kissed her on the mouth, long, fervently, with thekiss of a sensual lover. Suddenly his heart began to beat like a sledgehammer; he could hearits thud.
Im two rounds ahead, Niels said as he let himself down from hisseat.
If he avoided people in thissettlement, the people also avoided him. How could he, how could he let things getthe better of him that way?
Niels first impulse had been to go to her aid.
Suppose he had simulated feelings which he did not have .
He had strongly, forcibly realised that he was not the onlysufferer. Thealarm clock showed a quarter past nine . Unlike dogs, they do not cling to or fawnupon him who does not deserve their love. 
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