God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me.
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
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(rfdat)(w) (1723-1780)
The husband and wife are one person in law.
(RQ:BLwnds TLdgr)
A great bargain also had been(..)the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.