Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"I read about it in the papers," Mary went on hurriedly, looking
behind her. "I was in Stockton when it happened." She turned upon
Saxon almost savagely. "You don't blame me, do you? I just
couldn't go back to work after bein' married. I was sick of work.
Played out, I guess, an' no good anyway. But if you only knew how
I hated the laundry even before I got married. It's a dirty
world. You don't dream. Saxon, honest to God, you could never
guess a hundredth part of its dirtiness. Oh, I wish I was dead, I
wish I was dead an' out of it all. Listen--no, I can't now.
There's the down train puffin' at Adeline. I'll have to run for
it. Can I come--"