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           Allthiskeptherverybusy,andshehadnothadtimetodomorethanlookatthelittlevellumbookthatArcherhadsenthertheweekbefore(the"SonnetsfromthePortuguese");butshewaslearningbyheart"HowtheybroughttheGoodNewsfromGhenttoAix,"becauseitwasoneofthefirstthingshehadeverreadtoher;anditamusedhertobeabletotellhimthatKateMerryhadneverevenheardofapoetcalledRobertBrowning.Presentlyshestartedup,exclaimingthattheywouldbelateforbreakfast;andtheyhurriedbacktothetumble-downhousewithitspointlessporchandunprunedhedgeofplumbagoandpinkgeraniumswheretheWellandswereinstalledforthewinter.Mr.Welland’ssensitivedomesticityshrankfromthediscomfortsoftheslovenlysouthernhotel,andatimmenseexpense,andinfaceofalmostinsuperabledifficulties,Mrs.Wellandwasobliged,yearafteryear,toimproviseanestablishmentpartlymadeupofdiscontentedNewYorkservantsandpartlydrawnfromthelocalAfricansupply."Thedoctorswantmyhusbandtofeelthatheisinhisownhome;otherwisehewouldbesowretchedthattheclimatewouldnotdohimanygood,"sheexplained,winterafterwinter,tothesympathisingPhiladelphiansandBaltimoreans;andMr.Welland,beamingacrossabreakfasttablemiraculouslysuppliedwiththemostvarieddelicacies,waspresentlysayingtoArcher:"Yousee,mydearfellow,wecamp—weliterallycamp.ItellmywifeandMaythatIwanttoteachthemhowtoroughit."Mr.andMrs.