office-keeping

Updated: May 7, 2025

He carries the leg of mutton, and he carries also, though he knows it not nor cares, the reputation and happiness of Mrs. Omicron. He is late. As you yourself remarked, Mr. Omicron, if a leg of mutton is put down late to roast, one of two things must occur either it will be under-cooked or the dinner will be late. Now, if housekeeping was as simple as office-keeping, Mrs.

Arnold Bennett - The Plain Man and His Wife