A bottle of sherry and water and a paper of sandwiches contained their whole banquet; for ladies, though they like good things at picnics, and, indeed, at other times, almost as well as men like them, very seldom prepare dainties for themselves alone.

Men are wiser and more thoughtful, and are careful to have the good things, even if they are to be enjoyed without companionship.
Mrs.Crocket's boy, though he was only about three feet high, was a miracle of skill and discretion.

He used the machine, as the patent drag is called, in going down the hills with the utmost care.

He never forced the beast beyond a walk if there was the slightest rise in the ground; and as there was always a rise, the journey was slow.
But the three ladies enjoyed it thoroughly, and Mrs.Trevelyan was in better spirits than she herself had thought to be possible for her in her present condition.

Most of us have recognised the fact that a dram of spirits will create,--that a so-called nip of brandy will create hilarity, or, at least, alacrity, and that a glass of sherry will often "pick up" and set in order the prostrate animal and mental faculties of the drinker.