Wives and Daughters: An Every-Day Story

"And, after all," thought he, "I'm only where I was when she comes

back; at least, if that foolish fellow goes on with his imaginating

fancy. She'll have to come back some time, and if he chooses to

imagine himself constant, there's still the devil to pay." Presently

he began to hum the air out of the "Beggar's Opera"--

I wonder any man alive

Should ever rear a daughter.