MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



sire to avoid distrubing those who had re- 

 tired earlier. It was not enough that these 

 tentative measures received no encourage- 

 ment from me; my very silence was often 

 construed into permission to continue, and 

 the gentle notes that had served as enter- 

 ing wedges were, if unrepressed, merely the 

 forerunners of wild outbursts of song. 



There were certain tones of our voices 

 that he recognized as indications of disap- 

 proval, and on all but the rare occasions 

 when he had the delight of showing off for 

 evening guests, I had to steel my heart to 

 his blandishments and make use of these 

 expostulations in order to bring him to a 

 realization of the general fitness of quiet at 

 night. He would listen with an air of be- 

 nevolent and tolerant condescension, al- 

 most as if he knew that I objected from the 

 standpoint of others and not for my own 



sake, and he generally yielded with the 

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