hi m more comfortable ah i i think i ought to it poor man i think i will he touched the first button with a very cautious hand and a step backward but the remaining in profound he touched the other buttons with a more assured hand and perhaps the more lightly on that account softly and slowly he opened tho coat and drew it back the ends of a bright red were then disclosed and he had even been at the of dipping parts of it in some liquid to give it the of having become stained v ith a much perplexed face looked from it to the and from the to it and finally crept back to his chair and there with his hand to his chin sat long in a brown study looking at both n the golden a mr and mrs had to break st they were not absolutely but had selves with so much on the golden couple of the honor and pleasure of their company would have m difficult if desired were in a charming state oi ve mr and mrs and almost as fond of mr and s of one another my dear said mrs it to me to see my alfred in confident l communication the two were formed to intimate so combined with so much f character such sagacity united to such and these characteristics of both this being said aloud gave mr an as came with mr from the window to the break st table taking up his dear and honored wife my said that gentleman your too partial of your poor husband s character no not too partial alfred ui ed the lady tenderly mc never say that � my child your favourable opinion then of your don t object to that phrase darling how can i alfred r � your favourable opinion then my precious does to mr and more than justice to me to the first charge alfred i plead but to the oh no no less than justice to mr said mr i soaring into a tone of moral grandeur because it as on my lower level more than justice to me because it represents me as on mr s higher level mr bears and far more than i could far more than you could for yourself alfred t my love that is not the question not the question lawyer said mrs no dear from my lower level i repaid mr too generous as possessed of too much as being to to persons who are unworthy of him and ungrateful to him to noble qualities i can lay no on the contrary n n� indignation when i see them in alfred they rouse my indignation my dear against the � persons and give me a desire to stand between mr ij and au such persons why because in my n r more worldly and less delicate not being so ous i feel injuries than he does himself and feel more capable of his in it struck mrs that it appeared rather difficult this morning to bring mr and mrs into agreeable here had been several thrown out and neither of them had uttered a word were she mrs and her husband at once and but alone assuming that the dear old creatures were bj what they heard still one would like to be sure of it the more so as at least one of the dear old creatures was somewhat referred to if the dear old creatures were too or too dull to assume their required places in the discussion why then it would seem desirable that the dear old creatures should be taken by their heads and shoulders and brought into it but is not my husband saying in effect asked mrs therefore with an innocent air of mr and mrs that he becomes of hie own temporary misfortunes in his admiration of another whom he is burning to serve and is not that making an admission that his nature is a generous one i am wretched in argument but surely this is so dear mr and mrs still neither mr nor mrs said a word he sat with his eyes on his plate eating his and ham and she sat looking at the mrs s innocent appeal was merely thrown into the air to mingle with the steam of the urn glancing towards mr and mrs she very slightly raised her eyebrows as though inquiring of her husband do notice anything wrong here mr who had found his chest effective on a variety of occasions his shirt front into the largest demonstration possible and then smiling retorted on his wife thus darling mr and mrs wiu remind you of the old that self praise is no recommendation self praise alfred do you mean because we are one and the same no my dear child i mean that you cannot to remember if you reflect for a single moment that what you are pleased to compliment me upon feeding in the case of mr you have yourself confided to me as own feeling in the case of mrs i shall be beaten by this lawyer mrs gaily whispered to mrs am afraid must admit it if he presses me for it s true several white b an to come and go about mr s nose as ho observed that mrs merely looked up from the a moment with an embarrassed smile which was no smile and then looked down again do you admit the charge inquired alfred in a tone i think said mrs stiu gaily i must throw myself on the protection of the court am i bound to answer that question my lord to mr you needn t if you don t like ma am was his answer it s not of the least consequence manner was grave bnt not derived certain repressed dislike of the t me of the again mrs her 