So, just oblige me by not coming home to dinner." Mr.Smith promised; and there was so much off of my mind.

I could not let him come home without seeing that he had a good dinner.

But, almost any thing would do for me and the children.
In some things, I am compelled to say that my husband is a little uncertain.

His memory is not always to be depended on.

Deeply absorbed in business, as he was at that time, he frequently let things of minor importance pass from his thoughts altogether.
So it happened on the present occasion.