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"Can't, marm," replied Jemima, "they be all begged and crumbed, with their tails in their mouths." "Vell, then, never mind, Jemima," replied the lady. "Don't put your finger into the parrot's cage, my love he's apt to be cross with strangers. Mr Handycock will be home at four o'clock, and then we shall have our dinner. Are you fond of viting?"
"Law, Mr Handycock," said his wife, from the top of the stairs, "how can you be so cross? I told him to open the door to surprise you." "And you have surprised me," replied he, "with your cursed folly."
"Vy, my dear, it is one of the misfortunes of mater-mony, that ven the husband's put out, the vife is sure to have her share of it. Mr Handycock must have lost money on 'Change, and then he always comes home cross. Ven he vins, then he is as merry as a cricket." "Are you people coming down to dinner?" roared Mr Handycock from below.
"It's not worth halving," observed the gentleman, in a surly tone, taking up the fish with his own knife and fork, and putting it on his plate. "Well, I'm so glad you like them, my dear," replied the lady meekly; then turning to me, "there's some nice roast weal coming, my dear." The veal made its appearance, and fortunately for us, Mr Handycock could not devour it all.
The next morning all my clothes came home, but Mr Handycock, who still continued in good humour, said that he would not allow me to travel by night, that I should sleep there and set off the next morning; which I did at six o'clock, and before eight I had arrived at the Elephant and Castle, where we stopped for a quarter of an hour.
The great advantage of being the fool of the family My destiny is decided, and I am consigned to a stockbroker as part of His Majesty's sea stock Unfortunately for me Mr Handycock is a bear, and I get very little dinner.
"Well, that's what I said to Jemima, when I went down in the kitchen, `Jemima, says I, `I wonder if little Peter Simple will know me. And Jemima says, `I think he would the parrot, marm." "Mrs Handycock, I believe," said I, recollecting Jemima and the parrot, although, from a little thin woman, she had grown so fat as not to be recognisable.
Since we've looked up a little in the world, I saved up five guineas, by hook or by crook, and tried to get Poll back again, but the lady said she wouldn't take fifty guineas for him." Mrs Handycock then jumped from her chair, saying, "Good morning, my lord; I'll leave one of Mr Handycock's cards. Jemima would be so glad to see you."
I was very glad to go away, and being very tired, I went to bed without any tea, for Mrs Handycock dared not venture to make it before her husband came upstairs. The next morning Mr Handycock appeared to be in somewhat better humour.
"Lord bless you, Mr Simple my lord, I should say he's been neither bull nor bear for these three years. He was obliged to waddle; if I didn't know much about bulls and bears, I know very well what a lame duck is to my cost. We're off the Stock Exchange, and Mr Handycock is set up as a coal merchant." "Indeed!"
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