For people like us, it's mere foolery to worry with a house and a lot of servants.

We're neither of us cut out for that kind of thing.

Sibyl hates housekeeping.

Well, you can't expect a woman like her to manage a pack of thieving, lying, lazy servants.

The housekeeper idea hasn't been a conspicuous success, you see, and there's nothing for it but hotel or boarding-house.' 'If you remember,' said Rolfe, 'I hinted something of the kind a year ago.' 'Yes; but--well, you know, when people marry they generally look for a certain natural consequence.