I am going to fish.
It is true that there is an enormous deal to be done in the house. The unpacking of the American trunk is in itself a day's work. And there is the drawing-room furniture to rearrange.
Wherever we go—and you must know that we are always going somewhere—this ceremony begins our sojourn, because, as my wife would tell you, I have my particular views upon the placing of tables and chairs and the Oriental fabrics which brighten up the dingiest room. I like to see what is called 'the feminine touch' in my habitation. What is good enough for careless bachelors is not good enough, believe her, for me. I can never do anything until I have got the harp out of the harp-case and the harp-case into the back premises out of sight—ugly thing! And if there is no sofa, I will carry a bed down from an upper room and cover it with djidjims and cushions and feign a divan, rather than allow my drawing-room to lack
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