It was a vigorous, breathless performance, and the manufacturers' attorney confessed afterward that she had given him a good trouncing.

When she concluded (I remember that her white-gloved hand smote the speaker's desk with a sharp thwack at her last word), I was conscious that the applause was started by a stout, bald gentleman whom I had not noticed before.

I turned to look at the author of this spontaneous outburst and found that it was the Honorable Edward G.
Thatcher, whose unfeigned pride in his daughter-in-law was good to see.
When the applause had ceased, Mrs.Owen sighed deeply and ejaculated: "Well, well!" As we walked home Aunt Sally grew talkative.

"I used to say it was all in the Book of Job and believed it; but there are some things that Job didn't know after all.

When I put Marian on the board of trusteees of _E_-lizabeth House School, it was just to make good feeling in the family, and I didn't suppose she would attend a meeting; but she's one of the best women on that job.