"And now tell me about your cook.

Is she as good as ever ?" "As good ?" said the doctor.

"She is better.

The more she learns about our tastes, the more perfectly she gratifies them.

Mrs.Tolbridge and I look upon her as a household blessing, for she gives us three perfect meals a day, and would give us more if we wanted them; the butcher reverences her, for she knows more about meat and how to cut it than he does.