Mortmain

MortmainHow wonderfully secure and peaceful a genuine marriage seemed to Carter, when he attained it at the age of 42. He even enjoyed every moment of the church service, except when he saw Josephine wiping away a tear as he conducted Julia down the aisle. It was typical of this new frank relationship that Josephine was there at all. He had no secrets from Julia; they had often talked together of his 10 tormented years with Josephine, of her extravagant jealousy, of her well-timed hysterics. &qu...