I’m not being childish, she wanted to say, just the opposite, but his hand was back and so was the rest of him, on her now, and suddenly exhaustion overcame her and she wondered whether it was worth the scope of the fight since her attempts to push him off weren’t working anyway, he was stronger than she, it was no use, he had her pinned and was doing what he liked, and maybe he was right and she was stupid, he was her husband after all, she belonged to him, and hadn’t he had another terrible day in a string of grim and terrible days, what was her problem, tell me that, what is your problem,
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