The Refractory Sweetmeats

Meg had often said, my husband shall always feel free to bring a friend home whenever he likes. I shall always be prepared. So in this vale of tear s, there is an inevitability about such things which we can only wonder at deplore and bear as best we can. If john had not forgotten all about the jelly, it really would have been unpardonable in him to choose that day, of all the days in the year,. He escorted his friend to his mansion with the irrepressible satisfaction of a young host and husband. It is a world of disappointments, as john discovered when he reached the dove cote. The front door usually stood hospitably open