"As for Clarisse, she was charmed upon receiving her husband's letter. She and the babies were doing well. The society was agreeable; many of her old friends and acquaintances were at the bay. And the first free breath since her marriage seemed to restore the pleasant liberty of her maiden days. Devoted as she was to her husband, their intimate conjugal life was something which she was more than willing to forego for a while."
In this passage the reader is introduced to a new character, who goes by Clarisse. She is separated from her husband, for the time being, and receives a letter from him. She approves of her husband's letter, but still claims that she is glad to have a break from him. She begins to claim that she hadn't been this relieved since "maiden days," or since she's been married. She feels although they only enjoy each other when they are having sexual intercourse.
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