‘Your turn, now.’
‘No, dear, I have not thought of anything.’
‘Well, then, here is another point. Never take each other for granted.’
‘What do you mean by that?’
‘Never relax those attentions which one lover shows to another. Some husbands seem to forget that their wives are ladies. Some wives speak to their husbands with less courtesy and consideration than to any casual male visitor. They mean no harm, but they get into a slack way. We must not do that.’
‘I don’t think we are likely to.’
‘People get into it unconsciously. Pull me up sharply at the first sign.’
‘Yes, sir, I will.’
‘The next point that I have noted is an extension of the last. Let each strive to be worthy of the love of the other. People get slovenly and slipshoddy, as if it didn’t matter now that they were married. If each were very keen to please the other, that would not be so. How many women neglect their music after marriage.’
‘My goodness, I haven’t practised for a week!’ cried Maude.