Series 01 Part 02: Hughes family correspondence, 3 April 1917-22 September 1918 - Page 494
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Hunters Hill, where he must have got them to bed at something not far off midnight. He was very much upset generally, because apart from his wife's behaviour which has not been angelic, he had not been exactly a model of deportment himself, & we told him so very plainly. Still he has a rotten time, & one wonders how it all will end. It is an unhappy marriage, & they are rapidly drifting apart. Of course the present breach will only be temporary, & she will come back home soon, but that sort of thing grows worse with time, rather than better, & I expect that before very long they will try how things will go if they separate for a while. I suppose somebody will have to mind the children, but that is no concern of ours.
Two marriages in the family of Gilhooley, Mother & I highly disapproved of, and said so before they took place – Kathleen's, & George's. Nevertheless they did take place, & our reward in Kathleen's case is that we have substantially to feed & educate her children, without earning the kind regards of the children during the process. In George's case, his wife has been given cash by her father which returns her £300 a year, & George knocks out nearly as much, so that they are well able to settle their own affairs without outside interference, for which the Lord be praised!
As I grow older & get more sense, I realise that you & Peter are quite enough to look after, & my