"A poor man's wife," Rebecca replied gaily, "must make herself useful, you know"; on which her brother-in-law vowed that "she was fit to be the wife of an Emperor, and that to be skilful in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities." And Sir Pitt thought, with something like mortification, of Lady Jane at home, and of a certain pie which she had insisted on making, and serving to him at dinner--a most abominable pie.

"A poor man's wife must make herself useful," Rebecca replied gaily.
Her brother-in-law vowed that "skill in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities." And Sir Pitt thought, with mortification, of a certain pie which Lady Jane had insisted on baking for him - a most abominable pie.
