The Maples 



A common phrase, which we use without understanding 

 its meaning, originated at this time. The women matched their 

 husbands in lavish expenditures. "When the men at any time 

 reproached their wives for their wanton extravagance in pearl 

 and other rich trifles, they were wont to retort, and turn the tables 

 upon their husbands." Evelyn, from whom I quote, makes 

 this statement on the authority of Pliny. 



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