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I was not entirely free from doubts of the success of a 'take-in' so palpable and ridiculous, and even if a house-full of numbsculls should gather, I deemed the experiment a dangerous one for me; but my editorial friend took the risk, remarking that he had calculated his chances, and knew what he was about.
Taylor and Adeline came back from Saratoga, last night, and brought a house-full of company with them; an old friend of mine whom I had not seen for years, and some new acquaintances of Adeline's. To make matters worse, my nurse, a faithful, good girl, who has lived with me for years, was taken sick this morning; and John, the waiter, had a quarrel with the coachman, and went off in a huff.
"Yes, mamma: there'll be a house-full of young ladies there's the Fitzgeralds and Lady Louisa Pratt and Miss Ellison and the three O'Joscelyns and not a single young man, except Mr O'Joscelyn's curate!" "Well, my dear, I'm sure Mr. Hill's a very nice young man." "So he is, mamma; a very good young man; but he won't do to amuse such a quantity of girls.
"Why, dog my cats, they must a ben a house-full o' niggers in there every night for four weeks to a done all that work, Sister Phelps. Look at that shirt every last inch of it kivered over with secret African writ'n done with blood! Must a ben a raft uv 'm at it right along, all the time, amost.
It is barely possible, however, that there would have been fewer people at the landing, if Ham and Dab had not been keeping a whole house-full of hungry mortals, including a bride, waiting breakfast for them. There was a sort of council at the breakfast-table of the Foster family that morning; and Ford and Annie found their side of it "voted down."
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