He beat the eggs for her and peeled the potatoes.

He thought she gave a feeling of home almost like his mother; and no one could look more beautiful, with her tumbled curls, when she was flushed from the fire.
The dinner was a great success.

Like a young husband, he carved.

They talked all the time with unflagging zest.

Then he wiped the dishes she had washed, and they went out down the fields.