Your mother and sister-in-law have perwerted you, Mary: and that's
why I've drove them from this house, which they shall not re-enter
in my life."

"O, Frederic! it's YOU is the cause, and not I. Why do you have
any mistry from me? Where do you spend your days? Why did you
leave me, even on the day of your marridge, for eight hours, and
continue to do so every day?"

"Because," says he, "I makes my livelihood by it. I leave you,
and don't tell you HOW I make it: for it would make you none the
happier to know."

It was in this way the convysation ren on--more tears and questions
on my missises part, more sturmness and silence on my master's: it
ended for the first time since their marridge, in a reglar quarrel.
Wery difrent, I can tell you, from all the hammerous billing and
kewing which had proceeded their nupshuls.

Master went out, slamming the door in a fury; as well he might.
Says he, "If I can't have a comforable life, I can have a jolly
one;" and so he went off to the hed tavern, and came home that
evening beesly intawsicated. When high words begin in a family
drink generally follows on the genlman's side; and then, fearwell
to all conjubial happyniss! These two pipple, so fond and loving,
were now sirly, silent, and full of il wil. Master went out
earlier, and came home later; missis cried more, and looked even
paler than before.

Well, things went on in this uncomfortable way, master still in the