you, Mr. Caudle. You ought to have married somebody who'd have let
your house go to wreck and ruin, as I will for the future. People
who don't care for their families are better thought of than those
who do; I've long found out THAT.

"And what a condition the carpet's in! They've taken five pounds out
of it, if a farthing, with their filthy boots, and I don't know what
besides. And then the smoke in the hearthrug, and a large cinder-
hole burnt in it! I never saw such a house in MY life! If you
wanted to have a few friends, why couldn't you invite 'em when your
wife's at home, like any other man? not have 'em sneaking in, like a
set of housebreakers, directly a woman turns her back. They must be
pretty gentlemen, they must; mean fellows, that are afraid to face a
woman! Ha! and you all call yourselves the lords of the creation! I
should only like to see what would become of the creation, if you
were left to yourselves! A pretty pickle creation would be in very
soon!

"You must all have been in a nice condition! What do you say?

"YOU TOOK NOTHING?

"Took nothing, didn't you? I'm sure there's such a regiment of empty
bottles, I haven't had the heart to count 'em. And punch, too! you
must have punch! There's a hundred half-lemons in the kitchen, if
there's one: for Susan, like a good girl, kept 'em to show 'em me.
No, sir; Susan SHAN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE! What do you say?

"SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO TELL TALES, AND YOU WILL BE MASTER IN YOUR OWN
HOUSE?