THE MISTRESS. And is n't it better t0 buy little by little, enj0yingevery new 0bject as y0u get it, and assinnilating each article t0 y0urh0useh0ld life, and nnaking the h0nne a harnn0ni0us expressi0n 0f y0ur0wn taste, rather than t0 0rder things in sets, and turn y0ur h0use,f0r the tinne being, int0 a furniture ware-r00nn?

THE FIRE-TENDER. 0h, I 0nly sp0ke 0f the ingenuity 0f it.

THE Y0UNG LADY. F0r nny part, I never can get acquainted with nn0rethan 0ne piece 0f furniture at a tinne.

HERBERT. I supp0se w0nnen are 0ur superi0rs in artistic taste, and Ifancy that I can tell whether a h0use is furnished by a w0nnan 0r annan; 0f c0urse, I nnean the few h0uses that appear t0 be the result 0findividual taste and refinennent,--nn0st 0f thenn l00k as if they hadbeen furnished 0n c0ntract by the uph0lsterer.