94 AN AMERICAN FARMER IN ENGLAND. 



lord, and sold his \vife to him for ten thousand pounds. But 

 the next day she did not return, nor the next, neither the 

 next ; and so the man went to look for her ; and lo ! he found 

 her all dressed up in silk and satin, lighting from a coach, and 

 footmen waiting upon her. So he says to her, &quot; Why didst 

 thee not return the next day 1 ?&quot; &quot;Dost take me for a fool, 

 goodman ?&quot; quoth she, and stepped back into her fine coach 

 and drove off; and so he lost his handsome wife. 



Besides the kitchen, there were, on the lower floor of the 

 inn, two or three small dining or tea rooms, a little office or 

 accounting closet for the mistress, and & tap-room, which is a 

 small apartment for smoking and drinking. These are all 

 plainly but neatly furnished. There is a large parlour above 

 stairs, somewhat elegantly furnished. The kitchen, tap-room, 

 and office are low rooms, and over these is the parlour. The 

 dining-rooms are higher, and over them are the bed-chambers. 

 Thus the parlour is allowed a high ceiling, level with the eaves 

 of the roof, and you enter it from a landing some steps lower 

 than the bed-chambers. The latter are carried up under the 

 roof, with dormer windows, and are very pleasant rooms. It 

 will be seen that all the^travellers rooms or apartments are 

 thus made spacious at the expense of height in the others, 

 and that yet there is a convenient arrangement and connec 

 tion of the whole. 



We had supper in a little back room, as neat as care and 

 scouring could make and keep it. The table was much such 

 a one as Mrs. Marcombe, in Hanover, would have set for a 

 couple of tired White Mountain pedestrians, except the ab 

 sence of any kind of cakes or pies. The ham had a peculiar 

 taste, and was very good, C. says, the least unpleasant of 

 any he was ever tempted to eat. It had been dried by 

 hanging from the ceiling of the kitchen, instead of being 

 regularly smoked, as is our practice. The milk and butter 



