"At her new home ?" "Yes." "She is well and happy, of course ?" "Oh, yes; happy as the day is long.

How could she help being so in such a little paradise ?" "Love makes every spot a paradise," said Ellis.
"Beg your pardon," replied the wife, with some change in her tone of voice.

"I'm no believer in that doctrine.

I want something more than love.

External things are of account in the matter; and of very considerable account." "They have every thing very handsome, of course," said Ellis; who was generally wise enough not to enter into a discussion with his wife on subjects of this kind.
"Oh, perfect!" replied his wife, "perfect! I never saw a house furnished with so much taste.