Is a woman's heart prophetic, I wonder ?" "It would be a rank heresy to doubt it, after the example we have had to-night," said Mr.Ayrton.

"Yes, a woman's heart is a barometer suggesting what is coming to her, and her toilet is a thermometer indicating the degree of expectancy." "A charming phrase," said Mr.Linton; "a charming principle, only one that demands some years of close study to be rendered practical.

For instance, look at my wife's toilet: it is bridal, and yet we have been married three years." "Quite so; and that toilet means that you are the luckiest fellow in the world," said Mr.Ayrton.
"I admit the interpretation," said her husband.

"I told the hansom to wait for me.

He is at the door now.