Adventure eBook    Joan took hold of the household with no
uncertain grip, revolutionizing things till Sheldon hardly
recognized the place.  For the first time the bungalow was clean
and orderly.  No longer the house-boys loafed and did as little
as they could; while the cook complained that “head belong him
walk about too much,” from the strenuous course in cookery which
she put him through.  Nor did Sheldon escape being roundly
lectured for his laziness in eating nothing but tinned
provisions.  She called him a muddler and a slouch, and other
invidious names, for his slackness and his disregard of
healthful food.  She sent her whale-boat down the coast twenty
miles for limes and oranges, and wanted to know scathingly why
said fruits had not long since been planted at Berande, while he
was beneath contempt because there was no kitchen garden.  Mummy
apples, which he had regarded as weeds, under her guidance
appeared as appetizing breakfast fruit, and, at dinner, were
metamorphosed into puddings that elicited