9. When his wife goes to bed she loves to put her head on her husband's
knees to say her prayers, and he loves to have her. He has great
confidence in a woman's prayers, and he is disposed, selfishly but
correctly, to believe the supplication is nearly dual in its character.
In his speech he treats his wife as though she were the wife of an
honored friend. If he talked either loosely or coarsely to his wife he
might fall in love with any woman to whom he showed greater respect. He
would, beside, proclaim his folly, for woman has small sense of humor.