We shall both be away, and why should papa not please himself ?" "But think how unhappy he will be.

You know how quiet he is in his ways, and how even a little thing will upset him.

How could he live with a wife who would make his whole life a series of surprises?
Fancy what a whirlwind she must be in a house.

A man at his age cannot change his ways.

I am sure he would be miserable." Ida's face grew graver, and she pondered over the matter for a few minutes.