The Three Brides - Paperback

by Charlotte M. Yonge (Author)

There is sure another Flood toward, that so many couples are coming to the Ark.-As You Like It "Ah! it is a pitiable case!" "What case, boys?" "Yours, mother, with such an influx of daughters-in-law." "I suspect the daughters-in-law think themselves more to be pitied." "As too many suns in one sphere." "As daughters-in-law at all." "There's a ready cure for that. Eh, Charlie?" "The sight of the mother-in-law." "Safe up on the shelf? Ha, you flattering boys!" "Well, each of the three bridegrooms has severally told us that his bride was a strong likeness of the mother, so she will have the advantage of three mirrors!"