Motives, he grew weary of this Condeſcention, and began to treat the Opinions of his Wife with that Haughtineſs and Inſolence, which none but thoſe who deſerve ſome Contempt themſelves can beſtow, and thoſe only who deſerve no Contempt can bear.
When the firſt Torrent of Tenderneſs was over, and when in the calm and long Interval between the Fits, Reaſon began to open the Eyes of the Lady, and ſhe ſaw this Alteration of Behaviour in the Captain, who at length anſwered all her Arguments only with Piſh and Pſhaw, ſhe was far from enduring the Indignity with a tame Submiſſion. Indeed, it at firſt ſo highly provoked her, that it might have produced ſome tragical Event, had it not taken a more harmleſs Turn, by filling her with the utmoſt Contempt for her Huſband’s Underſtanding, which ſomewhat qualified her Hatred towards him; tho’ of this likewiſe, ſhe had a pretty moderate Share.
The Captain’s Hatred to her was of a purer Kind: For as to any Imperfections in her Knowledge or Underſtanding, he no more deſpiſed her for them than for her not being ſix Feet high. In his Opinion of the female Sex, he exceeded the Moroſeneſs ofAriſtotle
