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They are very fond of bathing, but even that they 

 cannot do without scolding — I suppose the water is 

 too hot or too cold ! 



Next season, I live in hope, if all goes well, of 

 being able to produce some baby Pastors ; for in spite 

 of bickerings, I believe my Pastors have a certain 

 amount of mutual esteem — I will not use a stronger 

 word — for each other, and I believe that, were Sir 

 Francis Jeune to intervene with a decree nisi, it would 

 cause very real sorrow. I will tell you why. One 

 day, in the early hours of their union, so great was 

 the quarrelling, that I took away the cock and put 

 him into a neighbouring compartment. Would you 

 believe it? that hen was just as miserable as is the 

 wife of a drunken good-for-nothing husband who is 

 sent to goal. Nothing would pacify her but to get 

 him back, and then the fratching began as bad as 

 ever ! 



Now I am tired, and I daresay my readers are, 

 too, and I find that linen sheets look white and 

 smell of lavender, and I long to lie between a pair of 

 .sheets that smell so. 



Note by the Editor. 



Mr. Farrar recommends a visit to " Club Row" or 

 Sclater Street, Shoreditch. I know the locality well, 

 and advise members who pay it a visit for the first 

 time (especially if it be on a Sunday morning when 

 the alfresco market is held) to leave valuables at home, 

 and lady members not to go alone. 



