She also denied him a second cup of chocolate.

He leaned back in his chair with a sigh of content and said: "Bless the hen that laid that egg! No dainty was ever more delicious.

And now," he added, rising, "let us go and inquire the address of a good undertaker.

I have made my will, and I'd like to be cremated--it's so much nicer than the old-fashioned burial, don't you think ?" "I'll attend to all that, if you wish," she replied, trying to repress a shudder as she followed him from the room.

"Do you smoke ?" "I used to, but the doctor forbade it; so I gave it up entirely." "Go over to that stand and buy a cigar.