He and his wife were having a holiday there, and I called on them.

We went to walk about the Abbey.

Now, for some two hours--I will be strictly truthful--whilst we were in the midst of that lovely scenery, Mrs.Orchard discoursed unceasingly of one subject--the difficulty she had with her domestic servants.

Ten or twelve of these handmaidens were marshalled before our imagination; their names, their ages, their antecedents, the wages they received, were carefully specified.

We listened to a _catalogue raisonne_ of the plates, cups, and other utensils that they had broken.