It was plain it would have to be talked over in all the inn-kitchens for thirty miles about, and likely for six months to come. It only remained for me, therefore, to settle on that gratuity which should be least conspicuous so large that nobody could grumble, so small that nobody would be tempted to boast. My decision was hastily and nor wisely taken.

It was plain it would have to be talked over in all the inn-kitchens for thirty miles about, and likely for six months to come. It only remained for me, therefore, to settle on that gratuity which should be least conspicuous so large that nobody could grumble, so small that nobody would be tempted to boast. My decision was hastily and not wisely taken.