PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI
VOLUME 105, August 12th 1893
edited by Sir Francis Burnand
THE CLOSURE AT HOME.
Paterfamilias entered the drawing-room at ten minutes to six o'clock, and found the family still undecided. There was a pause in the conversation when he made his appearance.
"Where are we to go?" he asked, taking out his watch. "You have been quarrelling for the last week, and I have given you till this hour. So get through your amendments as fast as you can."
"I prefer Paris," said Materfamilias, "and I am supported by all the girls. We are decidedly in a majority."