"And where have you been all day, my dear?" Mr. Cockayne said, in his blandest manner, to his wife.
"We poor benighted creatures," responded Mrs. Cockayne, "have been—pray don't laugh. Mr. Cockayne—looking at the shops, and very much amused we have been, I can assure you, and we are going to look at them to-morrow, and the day after, and the day after that."
"With all my heart, my dear," said Mr. Cockayne, who was determined to remain in the very best of tempers. "I hope you have been amused, that is all."
PALAIS DU LOUVRE.
THE ROAD TO THE BOIS.
"We have had a delightful day," said Sophonisba.
"I am sure we have been into twenty shops," said Theodosia.