Hungary . gain. A cartload of furniture came up. The Priesthad driven down alone to Kesmark to hire it,after firmly declining my wifes offer to accom-pany him, on the ground that it would cause herunnecessary fatigue. When it was placed inthe rooms we were to occupy we were invitedto see it. There was a handsome large washstand withheavy marble top and generous double set ofcrockery; there was a large dark wardrobe, and achest of drawers to match ; there was a stuffed sofawith a curling carved back; and, besides otherthings, there were two handsome bedsteads, withhigh and polished heads. But w
Hungary . gain. A cartload of furniture came up. The Priesthad driven down alone to Kesmark to hire it,after firmly declining my wifes offer to accom-pany him, on the ground that it would cause herunnecessary fatigue. When it was placed inthe rooms we were to occupy we were invitedto see it. There was a handsome large washstand withheavy marble top and generous double set ofcrockery; there was a large dark wardrobe, and achest of drawers to match ; there was a stuffed sofawith a curling carved back; and, besides otherthings, there were two handsome bedsteads, withhigh and polished heads. But where is thebedding? we both cried together. My mothermust see to that, said the Priest. The terms he had made at the shop for thesearticles—which were all new—were not unfavour-able for himself. We were to pay two-thirds oftheir purchase price (and we did) for two monthshire ; and if by the end of that time his positionas parish priest was confirmed, he was to keep the A MAGYAR COTTAGE AT BANFFY-HUNYAD. ZSDJAR 177 furniture on payment of the remaining third of itsvalue. A smart man, I thought, was that youngSlovak priest, and I hoped confiding strangers mightnot often come within his grip; but my wife longpersisted in her belief that sweet simplicity was hisleading trait. Decidedly, he was a smart youngman in many ways—even, * a bit of a had two miles of fishing on the river, and arepeating rifle, which he sometimes fired in the airto see if it was all right; he had a yellow four-wheeled dogcart, and an iron-grey horse with atrick of backing when it ought to be going uphill;and he had the appearance of a well-groomedcurate, fresh from Oxford, rather than that of aRoman Catholic priest in the wilds. What wonderif at least one pair of warm brown eyes grewsofter when he passed ! The bed difficulty was solved by the productionof two long sacks of straw, laced down the sides,and of sheets and blankets borrowed from the family hotel. The servant difficulty still re
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