Introduction

In france, the young girls have a dull time of it till they are married. Meg did not experience this affliction till her babies were a year old. She was entirely absorbed in her children to the utter exclusion of everything and everybody else. The house was neglected. And kitty, the cook, who took life easy, kept him on short commons. When he went out in the morning, he was bewildered by small commissions for the captive mamma. If he came gaily in at night, eager to embrace his family, he was quenched by a hush,. They are just asleep after worrying all day. But three months passed and there was no return of