'Don't you think another day in bed would do him good?'
'Not a doubt about it, miss,' said Sam, 'but I couldn't work it: thought
we should have hardly lasted out the time as it was. We've drove him a
bit hard lately. Better not press him too much, miss, he don't take
kindly even to the snaffle.'
So we sallied forth to call on Messrs Cardew Thompkins.
My brother was in one of his mad moods and announced that he should
pretend we were just married, and that I was to look as shy and modest
as my brazen countenance would allow, and to blush at intervals if I
could. An elegant young man, with a waist, received us with a bow,
begged us to be seated and state our requirements.
'Take a pew, Florrie,' said Ross to me. I took one and hoped I looked
shy and modest.
'I want,' said Ross, bursting with newly married pride and importance,
'to rent a small house for myself and my er----'