"When I married him, sir, he kep a saloon, as I daresay you remember hearing of; shaving threepence, hair-cutting fourpence, shampooing ditter. He had a wax lady's head in the winder as went round by machinery, and Lemon kep it regularly wound up with her hair dressed that elegant that it would have been a credit to Burlington Arcade. There used to be a crowd round his winder all day long, and girls and boys 'd come a long way to have a good look at it; and though I say it, she was worth looking at. Her lips was like bits of red coral, and you could see her white teeth through 'em; her skin was that pearly and her cheeks that rosy as I never saw equalled; and as for her eyes, sir, they was that blue that they had to be seen to be believed. She carried her head on one side as she went round and round, looking slantways over her right shoulder, and, taking her altogether, she was as pritty a exhibition as you could see anywheres in London. It brought customers to Lemon, there was no doubt of that; he was doing a splendid trade, and we put by a matter of between four and five pounds a week after all expenses paid. It _did_ go agin me, I own, when I discovered that Lemon had female customers, and, what's more, a private room set apart to do 'em up in; but when I spoke to him about he said, with a stern eye: "'What do you object to? The ladies?' "'Not so much the ladies, Lemon,' I answered, 'as the private room.' "'O,' said he, 'the private room?' "'Yes,' said I; 'I don't think it proper.' "'Don't you?' said he, getting nasty. 'Well, I do, and there's a end of it. You mind your business, Fanny, and I'll mind mine.' "I saw that he meant it and didn't intend to give way, and I consequenchually held my tongue. Even when I was told that Lemon often went out to private houses to dress ladies' hair I thought it best to say nothing. I had my feelings, but I kep 'em to myself. I'm for peace and harmony, sir, and I wish everybody was like me. "One night Lemon give me a most agreeable surprise. He came home and said: "'Fanny, what would you like best in the world?' "There was a question to put to a woman! I thought of everything, without giving anything a name. The truth is I was knocked over, so to speak. "Lemon spoke up agin. 'What would you say, Fanny, if I told you I was going to sell the business and retire?' "'No, Lemon!' I cried, for I thought, he was trying me with one of his jokes. "'Yes, Fanny,' he said, 'it's what I've made up my mind to. I've been thinking of it a long time, and now I'm going to do it.' "I saw that he was in real rightdown earnest, and I was that glad that I can't egspress. "'Lemon,' I said, when I got cool, 'can we afford it?' "'Old woman,' he answered 'we've got a matter of a hundred and fifty pound a year to live on, and if that ain't enough for the enjoyment of life, I should like to know how much more you want?'