You shut your eyes to that awkward fact, and swallow your adulterated mess in various articles of food; and you and your sugar get on together in that way as well as you can.

Do you follow me, so far ?" Yes.

Arnold (quite in the dark) followed, so far.
"Very good," pursued Sir Patrick.

"You go to the marriage-shop, and get a wife.

You take her on the understanding--let us say--that she has lovely yellow hair, that she has an exquisite complexion, that her figure is the perfection of plumpness, and that she is just tall enough to carry the plumpness off.