It was all very well in courtship, but was it worth while in business?
She saw him scribbling upon curl-papers instead of attending to his periwigs.

She sometimes interrupted him while he was writing; and on one occasion, while Jasmin was absent on business, she went so far as to burn his pens and throw his ink into the fire! Jasmin was a good-natured man, but he did not like this treatment.

It was not likely to end in a quiet domestic life.

He expostulated, but it was of little use.

He would not give up his hobby.