Comfortable Mrs. Crook, and other sketches

Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
Fanny brought in the tea-tray to the minute.
BY RUTH LAMB
AUTHOR OF
Look on the Sunny Side, Taught by Experience, etc.
LONDON:
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56, PATERNOSTER ROW; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND 164, PICCADILLY.
CONTENTS
KEEPING TO HERSELF.
IF Mrs. Jemima Crook happened to be in a very good temper, when taking a cup of tea with some old acquaintance, she would sometimes allude to her private affairs in these words: I don't deny it; Crook has left me comfortable. This was not much to tell, for Mrs. Crook was not given to confidences, and a frequent remark of hers was: I know my own business, and that is enough for me. I don't see that I have any call to fill other people's minds and mouths with what does not concern them.
Seeing, however, that Mrs. Crook's own mind and heart were entirely filled by Mrs. Crook herself, it was perhaps as well that she should not occupy too much of the attention and affection of her neighbours.