It is not ye
love that makes him do this; it is ye wine and ye man his own
devilish nature. No; ye must marry with wine, but ye must court
with water. Ye love that will not begin with water will not last
with wine_."
This did not go to the heart of the matter. Marguerite turned over
several pages.
"_In ye arte of courting, it is often ye woman her eyes that settle
ye man his fate, But if ye woman her eyes are not beautiful, she
must not court with them but with other members of ye woman her
body. Ye greatest use of ye ugly eyes is to see but not be seen.
If ye try to court with ye ugly eyes, ye scare ye man away or make
him to feel sick; and ye will be sorry. Ye eyes must be beautiful
and ye eyes must have some mystery. They must not be like ye
windows of ye house in summer when ye curtains are taken down and
ye shutters are taken off. As ye man stands outside he must want
to see all that is within, but he must not be able. What ye man
loves ye woman for is ye mystery in her; if ye woman contain no
mystery, let her marry if she must; but not aspire to court. (This
is enough for ye stingy price ye pay: if ye had paid more money, ye
would have received more instruction.)_"
Marguerite thought it very little instruction for any money. She
felt disappointed and provoked. She passed on to "Clothes." "What
can she teach me on that subject?" she thought.
"_When ye court with ye clothes, ye must not lift ye dress above ye
ankle bone_.
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