She will have two Pimm’s and then go home before it gets late. The bar only stocks Pimm’s for her, it is an old, English summer drink and no one has ever ordered it but her.

The blissful day over, and the happy bride and bridegroom withdrawing from the banquet and the dance, the well-pleased chirping, able little tutor hopped before them, and led them to the hymeneal bower with floral flute, and gratulatory song!"

No sooner had President Washington been sworn in, wearing mousy, egalitarian brown broadcloth, than the sharp-elbowed jockeying for social status began.

“It's a pictarnie, sir, ” said Edie