Really, though, she is rather a blessing in the place; she keeps us from stagnation.

I read somewhere that when they bring tanks of cod to this country from wherever cod abound, they put a cat-fish in beside them, and it chases the cod round all the time, so that they arrive in good condition.

Mrs.Duff-Whalley is our cat-fish." "I see.

Has she children ?" "Three.

A daughter, married in London--Mrs.Egerton-Thomson--a son at Cambridge, and a daughter, Muriel, at home.