Once The Trunks Were All In, Mac, The Dandy, And Johnny Retired To The
Quarters After A Few More Congratulations, Johnny Continuing His
Flourishes All The Way Across.
Cheon however, with his charming
disregard for conventionality being interested, settled himself on one of
the trunks to watch the opening up of the others.
To have ordered him away would have clouded his beaming happiness; so he
remained, and told us exactly what he thought of our possessions, adding
much to the pleasure of the opening of the trunks. If any woman would
experience real pleasure, let her pack all her belongings into
trunks - all but a couple of changes of everything - and go away out-bush,
leaving them to follow "after the Wet" per bullock waggon, and when the
reunion takes place the pleasure will be forthcoming. If she can find a
Cheon to be present at the reunion, so much the better.
Some of our belongings Cheon thoroughly approved of; others were passed
over as unworthy of notice; and others were held up to chuckling
ridicule. A silver teapot was pounced upon with a cry of delight
(tinware being considered far beneath the dignity of a missus, and seeing
Sam had broken the china pot soon after its arrival, tinware had graced
our board for some time), pictures were looked at askance, particularly
an engraving of Psyche at the Pool; while the case for a set of carvers
received boundless admiration, although the carvers in no way interested
him.
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