Поначалу после свадьбы Флатт какое-то время хорошо обращался с женой, и они жили так же сносно, как обычно живут люди их достатка и ограниченного ума.
When they were first married, Flatt had treated his wife well for a time, and they lived as comfortably as people of their means and limited stock of intelligence generally do.