Excerpt from Under One Roof, Vol. 2 of 3: An Episode in a Family History

Life, even in this world, has its compensations; if a dull man bores and bores his company like the Teredo navalis till all hands are ready to sink, a bright and genial fellow will irradiate it; if the one is as a dead fly in the ointment of the apothecary, the other is like the quince in the apple-pie; its savour and fragrance permeate the whole dish, and rescue it from vapidity. Of the inmates of Halcombe Hall, as we have seen, there were several who were just now not having a very cheerful time of it.

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