"Because this will give our guests a chance to recover from your cooking before the real day of prayer comes around, and by that time they will begin to think about you with kindness, perhaps."
My wife stung me with her cruel eyes and went out in the kitchen where the new cook was breaking a lot of our best dishes which did not appeal to her.
The name of this new cook was Ollie Olsen.
Ollie was half Swede and the rest of her was deaf.
[Illustration: Ollie was half Swede and the rest of her was deaf.]
When Ollie came to the house to get a job my wife asked her for her recommendations.
Ollie said that her face was her only recommendation, but that she was out late the night before and broke her recommendation just above the chin.
Anyway, my wife engaged her, because what good is a hearty appetite when the kitchen is empty.