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Updated: May 9, 2025
As they sit after dinner he hands the olives to his friend, and suddenly checks himself, saying, I forgot, you never touch the 'after-feed. Then he throws up both eyes and hands, and affects to look aghast at the mistake. 'Really, he says, 'I shall soon become us much of a boor as the people of this country.
She was doin' quite the lady, but I consaited her ear was itching to hear what I had to say, for she put a finger up, with a beautiful diamond ring on it, and brushed a fly off with it; but, after all, perhaps it was only to show her lily-white hand, which merely wanted a run at grass on the after-feed to fatten it up, and make it look quite beautiful.
I hear nothing now but mowing, browsing, and 'after-feed, until at last I find myself using the latter word for 'dessert. He says it prettily and acts it well, and although his wife has often listened to the same joke, she looks as if it would bear repetition, and her face expresses great pleasure. Poor Dechamps, if your place is worth nothing, she at least is a treasure above all price.
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