A MATRIMONIAL SQUABBLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2239, 11 August 1891, Page 4

A MATRIMONIAL SQUABBLE.

The following little comedy was played in the night "Pullman" bound from Scotland to London. The car was full, and, as the ladies' compartment was occupied, the next berths to it were partitioned off with curtains from the rest of the car for a married couple, who had taken their place late. About an hour after every one had retired, and when everything was quiet, a low voice was heard from behind the curtains, " Sophie, Sophie, give me a kiss, and say you forgive me." Then a little louder, " Sophie, I cannot sleep unless you say you forgive me." Still no response. At last the voice of the evidently-penitent husband (he was quite regardless of the tittering and smothered laughter from the neighboring berths), pleaded again, " Sophie, Sophie, just one kiss—one, and say you forgive." Unable to stand this sort of thing any longer, a choleric old Indian officer popped his head out of his berth, and shouted, " Sophie, for Heaven's sake give him a kiss, and let us go to sleep !" Even after that the troubles of the poor husband were not over. A voice said sharply, amid the general laughter of people in the car, " There, I told you so.. Now you see what you have done. I knew every one could hear you. "