They do not consider, however, until they marry, and then they are forced to it.

For my own part, I fail to see why bachelors should be allowed to smoke as much as they like, when we are debarred from it.
[Illustration] The very smell of tobacco is abominable, for one cannot get it out of the curtains, and there is little pleasure in existence unless the curtains are all right.

As for a cigar after dinner, it only makes you dull and sleepy and disinclined for ladies' society.

A far more delightful way of spending the evening is to go straight from dinner to the drawing-room and have a little music.

It calms the mind to listen to your wife's niece singing, "Oh, that we two were Maying!" Even if you are not musical, as is the case with me, there is a great deal in the drawing-room to refresh you.