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Updated: May 28, 2025
It never occurred to her that such bread and biscuit as she saw at the home-table would not always and of course appear at every table, that the silver would not always be as bright, the glass as clear, the salt as fine and smooth, the plates and dishes as nicely arranged as she had always seen them, apparently without the thought or care of any one, for my wife is one of those housekeepers whose touch is so fine that no one feels it.
They had the most delicious dainties for the taking strange breads and crackers, cheeses, sausages, sardines wonderful foods that I never saw on our meagre home-table. And once, I remember, a barkeeper mixed me a sweet temperance drink of syrup and soda-water. My father did not pay for it. It was the barkeeper's treat, and he became my ideal of a good, kind man.
It was none of your usual haunts. This seemed strange to your friends, at the time; but it is easier for us to understand, now that you have told us what had occurred at your home-table. You dreaded to have your sister know how soon you could escape the influence of that moment. You wished to drink your fill and leave your family none the wiser. Am I not right?" "Yes; it's plain enough, isn't it?
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