“Lay off the stuff, sur-r,” he said ponderously. “An' ye wid the fine wife you have!” He shook his head a numberof times, glanced with sad resignation at my wife as she led me in, and departed, still shaking his head. I can't tell you how all that head-shaking annoyed me.
“Lay off the stuff, sur-r,” he said ponderously. “An' ye wid the fine wife you have!” He shook his head a numberof times, glanced with sad resignation at my wife as she led me in, and departed, still shaking his head. I can't tell you how all that head-shaking annoyed me.
I started awake in the middle of the night. It was unbelievably excellent.
“Jane!” I said to my wife, “Jane, it's wonderful. It's come to me!”
But Jane did not answer.
“Jane,” I said happily, “you see, the Chinaman's head—”
“If you say Chinaman to me again,” returned my wife, sleepily, “I'll leave you. There are six pieces missing from that laundry.”
And she never knew.