And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

—Job xxix:13.

June Twenty-fourth

If you are an unsophisticated widow—one whose husband is just dead—you will find that you can remain in your own home sixty days without paying rent.

—Stowe.

June Twenty-fifth

I don’t feel at all sentimental;

For women I care not a rap,

But give me a jolly and gentle

Rich widow in weeds and a cap.