Excerpt from Godey's Lady's Book, and Ladies' American Magazine, Vol. 22: January to June, 1841 Ten o'clock was the time finally appointed by the lady for this visit to their future residence: and her husband, after taking a melancholy leave (they had been married but seven days) departed to pass an hour at his place of business. When he returned, Mr. Woodbridge sprang up stairs three steps at a time (we have just said he had been married only a week) and on entering their apartment he was saluted by his wife as she held out her watch to him, with - w So, after all, you are ten minutes beyond -the hour 1 I acknowledge it, my dear' love - replied the husband but I was detained by a western cus tomer to whom I have just made a very profitable sale. Still-persisted the bride, half ponting people should always be punctual, and keep their appoint ments to the very minute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.