The Perversity of Human Nature

The Perversity of Human Nature is about the quarrelsome yet ambitious young couple at The Nest at St. Kilda in Melbourne. The Browns try hard to make a life for themselves in the small town. Excerpt: "Now look here, she said with great solemnity, «Mabel– is that her name?– is never to know a word about it. She married you in good faith, and she is not to be thrown upon the world as if she were a bad woman. It is my fault, all my fault, that she fell into such a mistake; I must take care that she does not suffer for it.»