Christmas at Thompson Hall

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Brown, when he married her, had been relieved from the necessity of earning his bread. Never theless, she had at once yielded to him when he expressed a desire to spend the winters of their life in the South Of France and he, though he was by disposition somewhat idle, and but little prone to the energetic occupations of life, would generally allow himself, at other periods Of the year, to be carried hither and thither by her, whose more robust nature de lighted in the excitement Of travelling. But on this occasion there had been a little difference between them.