Excerpt: ...of brief duration. He looked at me earnestly, and in his kind and gentle way, enquired if I felt no better, affecting to believe that my ailment was one of the body instead of the mind. But I scarcely answered him, and I could see that he felt hurt. How, much more wretched did I become at this? Could I have then retired to my chamber, and alone given my heart full vent in a passion of tears, I might have obtained relief to my feelings. But I could not do this. While I sat at the table forcing a little food into ...
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Excerpt: ...of brief duration. He looked at me earnestly, and in his kind and gentle way, enquired if I felt no better, affecting to believe that my ailment was one of the body instead of the mind. But I scarcely answered him, and I could see that he felt hurt. How, much more wretched did I become at this? Could I have then retired to my chamber, and alone given my heart full vent in a passion of tears, I might have obtained relief to my feelings. But I could not do this. While I sat at the table forcing a little food into my mouth for appearance sake, my husband said: "You remember the fine lad who has been with me for some time?" I nodded my head, but the question did not awaken in my mind the least interest. "He has not made his appearance for several days; and I learned this morning, on sending to the house of his mother, that he is very ill." "Ah!" was my indifferent response. Had I spoken, what was in my mind, I would have said, "I'm sorry, but I can't help it." I did not at the moment feel the smallest interest in the lad. "Yes," added my husband, "and the person who called to let me know about it, expressed his fears that Edward would not get up again." "What ails him?" I enquired. "I did not clearly understand. But he has a fever of some kind. You remember his mother very well?" "Oh, yes. You know she worked for me. Edward is her only child, I believe." "Yes; and his loss to her will be almost everything." "Is he dangerous?" I enquired, a feeling of interest beginning to stir in my heart. "He is not expected to live." "Poor woman! How distressed she must be! I wonder what her circumstances are just at this time. She seemed very poor when she worked for me." "And she is very poor still, I doubt not. She has herself been sick, and during the time it is more than probable that Edward's wages were all her income. I am afraid she has not now the means of procuring for her sick boy things necessary for his comfort. Could you not go around there this...
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Acceptable. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (USA) First Edition 19 x 13 cm, original brown textured cloth over boards, gold spine titles, 312pp. Frontis showing the housewife's dealings with the second-hand chinaware merchant, and 9 other B&W plates ( Four plates are missing: facing pages 29, 55, 111 and 129). There are 31 chapters to this book dealing with housekeeping topics such as the difficulty in hiring a good cook, to house cleaning, from cheap furniture to "A mother's duty". The presentation is anecdotal in tone, and some of it humorous in nature, although the advice seems to have been gleaned from hard experience. The housewife is talking in the first person, as if to a friend, and she is obviously a young housewife, married to a certain Mr. Smith. A good entertaining read for those interested in the problems of running a house some 150 years ago. Ths copy is quite clean and tight, there is a bookseller's stamp, no other markings, some wear to the corner tips and to the spine extremeties. This copy has two title pages a printed one and an illustrated one with a tissue guard. The tissue has foxed and someone has traced an outline on it. Acceptable copy considering the books age. (1.6 JM HOQ 100/c4.
