The Maid of Sker #255069

However, in the morning he was all right, and being informed upon every side that the cook did it with the rolling-pin, he acknowledged the justice Of it, having paid more attention to her than a married lady should admit, though parted from her husband. However, she forgave him nobly, and he did the same to her; and I, with all my knowledge of women, made avowal in the presence Of the lady housekeeper, that my only uneasiness was to be certain whether I ought to admire the more Jerry's behaviour or Mrs Cook's. And the cook had no certainty in the morning, exactly what she might have done.