If ever the has been a heartless shrew, responsible for the corruption of a noble man's life, Zena Frome would be particular. Married to her by pity, husband Ethan sought nothing more then to please his wife. Passionless decades and remaining yearnings for love bounded Ethan to his departure from monogamy. In many ways his love for another didn't start with the welcoming of Mattie, but with the dawning of a lustless marriage.
Given Ethan's stature and how he maintained an income and provided for Zena, one could only assume that an ecstatic and blissful wife, would be with Ethan forever conjoined. However, Zena manipulated Ethan and continually proved to be unwilling and at times even unbearable. In ways no one could begin to understand, Ethan, noble in his ways, faced and served properly the marriage with wife Zena. This argument over who's responsible is too late to provide just compensation, It is however to merit the life of a victim who devoted himself to an unjust corruption of life. .
Perhaps the focus on Zena's irregular wifely conduct doesn't derive persuasion to the belief that she corrupted her husband's life, However, she permitted Ethan to indulge himself in a marriage in which she knew she was undeserving of. Zena being of age to know the responsibility demanded of marring such a man, knew her own ability was inadequate. Proper engagement would be to that of a corrupt man or a character as malice as herself. If marriage binds two together, Ethan's life was bound to be laced with the dementedness ascertained from Zena.
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