It is want of proper thought, Mr.Smith, and nothing else." "If a man kept treading on my gouty toe for want of thought," said my husband, "I should certainly tell him of it, whether he got offended I or not.

If his friendship could only be retained on these terms, I would prefer dispensing with the favor." "The case isn't exactly parallel, Mr.Smith," was my reply.

"The gouty toe and crushing heel are very palpable and straightforward matters, and a man would be an egregious blockhead to be offended when reminded of the pain he was inflicting.

But it would be impossible to make Mrs.Jordon at all conscious of the extent of her short-comings, very many of which, in fact, are indirect, so far as she is concerned, and arise from her general sanction of the borrowing system.

I do not suppose, for a moment, that she knows about everything that is borrowed." "If she doesn't, pray who does ?" inquired my husband.
"Her servants.