A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.

Decay of public spirit, which may be considered analogous to natural death.

The host himself was one of those very quiet men whom we usually see linked to the most active helpmates.

The pitcher had a blazing four-seamer.