`` So I do , as far as sympathizing goes , but I think the fault is yours , Meg . '' `` I do n't see how . '' `` Let me show you . Did John ever neglect you , as you call it , while you made it a point to give him your society of an evening , his only leisure time ? '' `` No , but I ca n't do it now , with two babies to tend . '' `` I think you could , dear , and I think you ought . May I speak quite freely , and will you remember that it 's Mother who blames as well as Mother who sympathizes ? '' `` Indeed I will ! Speak to me as if I were little Meg again . I often feel as if I needed teaching more than ever since these babies look to me for everything . '' Meg drew her low chair beside her mother 's , and with a little interruption in either lap , the two women rocked and talked lovingly together , feeling that the tie of motherhood made them more one than ever . `` You have only made the mistake that most young wives make -- forgotten your duty to your husband in your love for your children . A very natural and forgivable mistake , Meg , but one that had better be remedied before you take to different ways , for children should draw you nearer than ever , not separate you , as if they were all yours , and John had nothing to do but support them . I 've seen it for some weeks , but have not spoken , feeling sure it would come right in time . '' `` I 'm afraid it wo n't . If I ask him to stay , he 'll think I 'm jealous , and I would n't insult him by such an idea . He does n't see that I want him , and I do n't know how to tell him without words . '' `` Make it so pleasant he wo n't want to go away . My dear , he 's longing for his little home , but it is n't home without you , and you are always in the nursery . '' `` Ought n't I to be there ? ''
`` Not all the time , too much confinement makes you nervous , and then you are unfitted for XXXXX .
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