Now, of all things in the world that the unfortunate man could have said, any would have been preferable to this. Of course Mrs. Bardell burst into tears, and requested to be led from the table instantly; upon which the affectionate child began to cry too, most dismally.
'Would anybody believe, ma'am,' exclaimed Mrs.Raddle, turning fiercely to the first-floor lodger, 'th a woman could be married to such a unmanly creetur,which can tamper with a woman's feelings as he does,every hour in the day, ma'am?'