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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 33, 12 April 1866, Page 3

The Tender Fassiox. —When, a man is in love with one woman in a family, 'it is astonishing howfond he becomes of every one connected with it. He ingratiates himself with the maids ; he is bland with the butler ; he interests himself with the footman ; he runs on errands for the daughters; he gives and lends money to the young son at college; he pats little dogs which he would kick otherwise; he smiles at old stories, wliich would make hirii break out in yawns were they uttered by any "one but papa; ho drinks sweet port wine, for which he would curse the steward and the whole committee at a club; he bears even with the cantankerous old hiaiden 'aunt; he beats time when darling little* "Fanny performs her piece on the piano; and smiles when wicked, lively little Bobby upsets the coffee ove rhis shirt.—Thackeray.