From the idea of her beautiful parlours, her mind would constantly turn to her husband.
"What _will_ he say ?" Ah! if she could only have answered that question satisfactorily! "I will be so good, I will disarm him with kindness.

I will humour him in every thing.

I will not give him a chance to be angry." For a while this idea pleased the mind of Mrs.Ellis.But it only brought a temporary respite to the uneasiness produced by her wrong act.
"I'll tell him just what I have done," said she to herself, as the dinner hour approached, and Cara began to look for her husband's return.

"He might as well know it now, as in a week; and, besides, it will give him time to prepare for the bill.

Yes, that is what I will do." Still, her mind felt troubled.