I hope nothing valuable may have been taken from the house in spite of you, but you know what women are-they always want to do the best they can for the man who marries them, and never give another thought to the children of their first husband, nor to their father either when he is dead and done with. (Homer)

I hope nothing valuable may have been taken from the house in spite of you, but you know what women are-they always want to do the best they can for the man who marries them, and never give another thought to the children of their first husband, nor to their father either when he is dead and done with.

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