Mean, I call it, to decoy one's maids just when one needs them most!" Tom said: "Beastly jolly dull show anyhow, to spend the day alone with your brothers and sisters. Better chuck it at once!" Peg said firmly and with emphasis: "Heathen! Miserable, cold-blooded, materially-minded frogs!

The whole experience is human; it is productive of a joy, of a spiritual elevation, which mere animality knows nothing of can know nothing of. Do these things, and married life will be glorious! Of such is the kingdom of heaven, for the truly wedded lovers! This will be "all Greek," or "foolishness" to the selfish and materially-minded; but to the truly wise, it will be life immeasurable.