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Show 6 PRINCESS MARY‘S GII'T II()()I\' sweeter than what you can devour openly. The, hoy enjoys his stolen apple heeause at any moment he may have to slip it down the, leg: of his trousers and pretend that he. has merely elnnhed the tree, to ('lrpiy'dlie scenery. You enjoy your book douhly heeause you feel that it Is a l'tn‘hidden pleasure, Or do you eoneeal your hook from your will: lest she should think you are over-exerting yoursell'! She must not be made anxious on your aeeount? Ah, that is it. People who pretend (for it must he pretence) that they enjoy their holiday in the country. explain that the hills or the sea giye thein sueh an appetite. I eould never myselt' feel the delight of heine‘ ahle, to manage an extra herring: for breakfast. but it should he pointed out that neither mountains nor oeeans give you sneh an appetite as a holiday in bed. What makes people eat more anywhere is that they have nothing else to do. and in bed you have lots of" time for meals. As for the quality of the food supplied, there is no eompzn'ison. In the highlands it is ham and eggs all day till you sieken. At the seaside it is tish till the bones stick in your mouth. Int: in lied~oh. there you get something worth eating. You doirt take three hier meals a day. hut twelve little ones. and eaeh time it. is something"r dilI'L-rent lrom the last. There are delieaeies for hreaklast. for your tour luneheons and your live dinners. You explain to your wife that you have lost your appetite. and she lielieyes you. hut at the same time she has the sense to hurry on your dinner. WHINI At the (-latter of dishes (for which you have been lying listening) you raise your poor head. and say faintly: " Iteallyt Marion. I cant toueh food." " But this is nothing." she says, " only the wingr of a partridge." You take a side glance at it, and see that. there is also the other winer and the body and two legs. Your alarm thus dispelled. you say: " I really can't." "' Hut. dear. it is so heautil‘ully cooked." " Yes, but I have no appetite." " But try to take it, John. for my sake." Then for her sake you say she can leave it on the chair, and perhaps you will just taste it. As soon as she has gone you deyour that partridge, and when she comes back she has the sense to say: "\Vhy, you have scarcely eaten anything. \Vhat could yOU take for supper?" You say you can take nothing, but if she likes she can cook a large sole. only you wont he able to touch it. 'But try to take it, John, for my sake" 7 Mllkt‘fi\\m : |