In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity [sic], or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half I still find myself a self-subsisting & alas! self-seeking me.
The full context of the quote can be read through the link below.
Joan Perkin's book is a useful corrective to the usual easy assumtions about what marriage really entailed for women in legal, financial & social terms, but one wonders at Jane Carlyle's ability to put up with Thomas under any circumstances.
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