We need not repeat the lady's fierce commentaries, or the gentleman's
running fire of explosive criticisms upon the various items of the above
little bill. Suffice it to say, the art-manufacture goods were returned,
and Edwin and Emma bought at an auction the next day articles that
suited their purpose just as well for 12_l._ 14_s._ They admitted the
superior beauty of Mr. Felix Summerley's Art-Manufactures, but the
expense, they both agreed, was "quite preposterous."
Edwin and Emma are married now, and are still of the same opinion, so we
cannot help thinking that they must have been in the right.
The fine-art manufactures are certainly very beautiful, but there is
moderation even in purchasing one of the earliest efforts of Teniers.