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arouse kindly feelings, and the newly-married pair 

 were exceedingly indignant on receiving it 



But an amusing incident soon made these critical 

 relatives see that the new wife was not the helpless 

 " blue-stocking " that she was supposed to be. 



When the pair were married, they went to the 

 English Lakes on their honeymoon trip, and rather 

 to their discomfiture, a sister Janet of Mr. Somerville's 

 insisted on accompanying them ; while shortly after, a 

 brother Samuel and his wife followed Janet's example. 

 It is not often that a bride has to entertain her 

 husband's relatives on her wedding tour ; yet such was 

 Mrs. Somerville's lot. But this was not all. The 

 queerly-assorted party had not been ih their holiday 

 quarters more than a day or two before Brother 

 Samuel was taken ill of a fever, which mishap led to 

 the whole party being detained in Cumberland for a 

 month. During his illness he had a longing for some 

 currant jelly, and the person who offered to make it 

 for him was the much despised learned bride. In 

 telling this anecdote, Mrs. Somerville says, " I never 

 can forget the astonishment expressed at my being 

 able to be so useful." 



Once more Mary, the newly-married, settled in 

 London, and once more she began her new life by 

 taking up a fresh study. Her former husband had, 

 however, simply permitted her efforts ; this one 

 encouraged her in making them, and even suggested 

 subjects to her. When a tutor had to be engaged 

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