"There is everything the matter with it."
"Oh, if you say so----"
"I do say so."
A man who has been long married learns from experience, and profits by what he learns, if he has any sense in him. I am a fairly sensible man, and experience has taught me some useful lessons. Therefore I went on with my breakfast in silence, knowing that my wife would soon speak again.
"The house is full of inconveniences," she said.
"You have been a long time finding them out, Maria."
"I found them out years ago, but I have borne with them for your sake."
I laughed slyly, took the top off an egg, and requested her to name the inconveniences of which she complained.
She commenced. "We want a spare room."
"We have one," I said, "and it is never used."