There was only one drawback to thebeauty of the whole picture, and that was a tall man--a very tallman--in a brown coat and bright basket buttons, and black whiskersand wavy black hair, who was seated at tea with the widow, and whoit required no great penetration to discover was in a fair way ofpersuading her to be a widow no longer, but to confer upon him theprivilege of sitting down in that bar, for and during the wholeremainder of the term of his natural life.
"And if, Sir," said the tenant, callingafter him, "if you WOULD have the goodness to suggest to the otherladies and gentlemen who are now engaged in haunting old empty houses,that they might be much more comfortable elsewhere, you will confer avery great benefit on society.