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Nothing but to broil steaks and make tea for two people ! '' That whenever he had Harrie quietly to himself for a peculiarly pleasant tea-table , the house should resound with sudden shrieks from the nursery , and there was _ always _ a pin in that baby , was forever a fresh surprise ; and why , when they had a house full of company , no `` girl , '' and Harrie down with a sick-headache , his son and heir should of _ necessity _ be threatened with scarlatina , was a philosophical problem over which he speculated long and profoundly . So , gradually , in the old way , the old sweet habits of the long honeymoon were broken . Harrie dreamed no more on the cliffs by the bright noon sea ; had no time to spend making scarlet pictures in the little bathing-suit ; had seldom strength to row into the sunset , her hair loose , the bay on fire , and one to watch her from the shore . There were no more walks up the beach to dinner ; there came an end to the drives in the happy twilight ; she could not climb now upon her husband 's knee , because of the heavy baby on her own . The spasms of newspaper reading subsided rapidly ; Corinne and Racine gathered the dust in peace upon their shelves ; Mrs. Sharpe made no more fancy jellies , and found no time to inquire after other people 's babies . One becomes used to anything after a while , especially if one happens to be a man .