We heard of the enormities which in each case led to their dismissal.

Orchard tried repeatedly to change the subject, but only with the effect of irritating his wife.
What could he or I do but patiently give ear?
Our walk was ruined, but there was no help for it.

Now, be good enough to extend this kind of thing over a number of years.

Picture Orchard sitting down in his home to literary work, and liable at any moment to an invasion from Mrs.
Orchard, who comes to tell him, at great length, that the butcher has charged for a joint they have not consumed--or something of that kind.
He assured me that his choice lay between flight and suicide, and I firmly believed him.' As he concluded, his eyes met those of Miss Nunn, and the latter suddenly spoke.
'Why will men marry fools ?' Barfoot was startled.

He looked down into his plate, smiling.
'A most sensible question,' said the hostess, with a laugh.