ed neither in their ey

R-ornaments, or
wash the best china, or make sponge-cake or chocolate-caramels. Certain
conditions of life had always appeared so certain that she had never conceived of a house without them. It never occurred to her that such
bread and biscuit as she saw at the home-table would not always and of course appear at every table,--that the silver would not always be as bright, the glass as clear, the salt as fine and smooth,
the plates and dishes as nicely arranged as she had

always seen them, apparently without the thought or care of any one,--for my wife is one of those housekeepers whose touch is so fine that no one feels it. She
is never heard scolding or reproving,--never entertains her company with her recipes for cookery or the faults
of her servants. She is so unconcerned about receiving her own personal share of credit for
the good appearance of her establishment, tha t even the children of the house have not supposed that there is any particular will of hers in the matter,--it all seems the natural consequence of having very good servants. One phenomenon they had never serious