A QUIET VILLAGE
A WET DIARY
January.—Buy a house in the Midland Counties. Put a housekeeper in it to look after it.
February.—Housekeeper writes to say that, owing to the floods, the neighbourhood is very damp and unhealthy.
March.—Housekeeper writes to say that the garden is under water.
April.—Housekeeper writes to say that there is two foot of water in the drawing-room, and that the furniture is floating about.