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"Tee watch!" reiterated the child, grasping the chain. With not the best grace in the world, Mr. Pelby drew out his beautiful gold lever, and submitted it to the rude grasp, as he thought, of Tommy. "Oh, ma! ma!
Pelby called it a "family accident," and one of a kind that married people were so familiar with, as scarcely to be annoyed by them. "Come here, Henry," said he. "Just see what you have done! Now go kiss the lady, and say, 'I'm sorry." The little fellow's eye brightened, and going up to Mrs.
Tea was at last over, and Mrs. Little, on rising from the table, had opportunity and leisure to examine her beautiful silk, now worn for the second time. Fortunately, it was of a colour that tea would not injure, although it was by no means pleasant to have a whole front breadth completely saturated. Mrs. Pelby made many apologies, but Mr.
Pelby had no dining-room, the back parlour was used for this purpose, and so all the progressive arrangements of the tea-table were visible. "Oh, dinne weddy! dinne weddy!" cried little Henry, sliding down from the lap of Mrs.
If Henry, or Emma, or William, from any exuberance of happy feelings, were noisy or boisterous, he did not think it right to check them suddenly, because he was a little annoyed. He tried, rather, to feel glad with them to partake of their joy. In short, Mr. Pelby had grown into a domestic philosopher. A wife and two or three children do wonders sometimes!
"Well, all I have to say in the matter, friend Manly, is this: If I had a child that acted as rudely as that young one did to-night, I would, teach him a lesson that he would not forget for the next twelve months." "You don't know what you would do, if you had a child, Pelby.
Little whose collar he had been rumpling so that it was hardly fit to be seen as soon as he saw the cloth laid; and, running for a chair, he was soon perched up in it, calling lustily for "meat." "Oh, no, no, Henry! dinner not ready yet!" said Mrs. Pelby, starting forward, and endeavouring to remove the child from his seat; but Henry screamed and resisted.
"I don't think he has gone to sleep yet," said the fond mother of an only child, rising and going off to her chamber. "You bachelors don't sympathize much with us fathers of families," said Mr. Little, laughing, to Mr. Pelby. "How should we?" "True enough! But then you can envy us; and no doubt do." "It's well enough for you to think so, Little. But, after all, I expect we are the better off."
Pelby very naturally drew back the hand that held the watch; and just as naturally did Tommy suddenly extend his and grasp the receding prize. With some difficulty, Mr. Pelby succeeded in disengaging the fingers of the child, and then hastily closing the watch, he slipped it into his pocket. "There, it's gone!" said he. "Tee de watch!" replied Tommy. "It's gone clear off."
Pelby, a little touched at the allusion. "That is true, Mr. Pelby. But what I meant you to understand by the remark was, that those who have no children of their own are too often wanting in a due consideration and forbearance towards those of other people.
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