of him poor fellow mr said mrs g in a tone which implied that her indignation would and a little though she was determined to keep it up you d far better hold your tongue mr doesn t want to know your opinion nor mine neither there s folks in the world as know better than eve ry b else why i should think that s you if we re to trust your own tale said mr beginning to boil up again oh i say nothing said mrs my advice has never been asked and i don t give it � it be the first time then said mr � it s the only thing you re over ready at giving i ve been over ready at then if i haven t been over ready at giving said mrs there s folks i ve lent money to as perhaps i shall repent o money to kin come come come said mr soothingly but mr was not to be of his retort you ve got a bond for it i reckon he said and you ve had your five per cent kin or no kin sister said mrs drink your wine and let me give you some and sorry for you said mrs g very much with the feeling of a cur that the opportunity of his bark toward the man who carries no stick it s poor work talking o and sister don t be so said mrs beginning to cry a little you may be struck with a the kill on thb fit getting bo red in the face after dinner and we are but just out o all of us � and all wi gowns alike and just put hj � it s very bad sisters i should think it is bad said mrs things are come to a fine pass when one the other to her house o purpose to quarrel with her and abuse her softly softly jane � be reasonable � be reasonable said mr but while he was speaking mr who had by no means said enough to satisfy his anger burst out again who wants to quarrel with you he said it s you as can t let people alone but must be at em forever i should never want to quarrel with any woman if she kept her place my place indeed said mrs getting rather more shrill there s your mr as are dead and in their grave treated me with a different sort o respect to what you do � got a husband as sit by me and see me abused by them as ud never ha had the chance if there hadn t been them in our family as married worse than they might ha done if you talk o that said mr my family s as good as yours � and better for it t got a ill tempered woman in it well i said mrs rising from her chair i don t know whether you think it s a fine thing to sit by and hear me swore at mr but i m not going to stay a minute longer in this house you can stay behind and come home with the � and til walk home dear heart dear heart mr in a melancholy tone as he followed his wife out of the room mr how could you talk so said mrs with the tears in her eyes let her go said mr too hot to be by any amount of tears let her go and the sooner the better she won t be trying to over me again in a hurry sister said mrs helplessly do you think it ud be any use for you to go after her and try to her better not better not said mr you ll make it up another day then sisters shall we go and look at the children said mrs drying her eyes no proposition could have been more mr felt very much as if the air had been cleared of flies now the women were out of the room there were few thb on thb things be liked better a witb mr whose close to business allowed the pleasure very rarely mr he considered was the man of his acquaintance and he had besides a ready of tongue made an agreeable to mr s own tendency that way which had in rather an inarticulate condition and now the women were gone they could carry on their serious talk without frivolous interruption they could exchange their views concerning the duke of whose conduct in the catholic question had thrown such an entirely new light on his character and speak of his conduct at the battle of which he would never have won if there hadn t been a great many englishmen at his back not to speak of and the who as mr had heard from a person of particular knowledge in that matter had come up in the very nick of time though here there was a slight mr that he was not disposed to give much credit to the � the build of their vessels together with the unsatisfactory character of transactions in beer him to form rather a low view of pluck generally rather beaten on this ground mr proceeded to express his fears that the country could never again be what it used to be but mr attached to a firm of which the returns were on the increase naturally took a more lively view of the present and had some details to give concerning the state of the especially in hides and which soothed mr s imagination by throwing into more distant perspective the period when the country would become utterly the prey of and and there would be no more chance for honest men uncle sat by and listened with twinkling eyes to these high matters he didn t understand politics 