But even if your work should really be
worth more, you must remember that you have another five hundred
dollars in addition to the household expenses, while I have nothing."
"I repeat that I don't understand your figures!"
"Neither do I. Perhaps we had better abandon the idea of the
boarding-house. Let's put down the debit and credit of the
establishment. Here's the account, if you'd like to see it."
To Mrs. Blackwood for assistance in the house, and to Mrs. Blackwood's
cook and nursemaid:
Rent and maintenance 1000 dollars
Clothes 500 "
Amusements 100 "
Pin money (by cash) 500 "
Her children's maintenance 1200 "
Her children's education 600 "
On account of the maids who do her
work 850 "
4570 dollars
Paid M. Blackwood, _Wharfinger_
"Oh! It's too bad of you to worry your wife with bills!"
"With counter-bills! And even that one you need not pay, for I pay all
bills."
The wife crumpled up the paper.
"Am I to pay for your children's education, too?"
"No, I will, and I shall, and I will also pay for your children's
education.
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