The worst thing is that the greater offence is punished far more leniently than the less. A wife can get a judicial separation on account of her husband’s infidelity, but loses therewith the right of proceeding against him for divorce, and neither she nor her husband may marry again. But if the husband has also been guilty of cruelty to her, she obtains a divorce, and then both she and her husband are at liberty to remarry. The man who deceives his wife is not free to marry another; but if he both deceives her and beats her, he is divorced and may marry again! In general the opponents of the existing law declare that it contributes powerfully to the formation of illegitimate connections. [8] These details refer, of course, to the Swedish law.—TRANSLATOR. THE END End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Love and Marriage, by Ellen Key