His cottage was a picture of elegance and comfort; his table and cellar were excellently and neatly supplied.

There was every enjoyment, but no ostentation.

The omnibus took him to business of a morning; the boat brought him back to the happiest of homes, where he would while away the long evenings by reading out the fashionable novels to the ladies as they worked; or accompany his wife on the flute (which he played elegantly); or in any one of the hundred pleasing and innocent amusements of the domestic circle.

Mrs.Chuff covered the drawing-rooms with prodigious tapestries, the work of her hands.

Mrs.Sackville had a particular genius for making covers of tape or network for these tapestried cushions.