Chapter 54

"Cheer up, the worst is yet to come! There's good comedy in it, I assure you. I'll give you a piece of good advice if you like." "What is it?" "Well, when a wife takes that highty-tighty tone towards her husband they say there's only one remedy." "What's that?" "Corporal punishment," said Jack, grinning. "Eh?" said Bobo, staring. "I believe the English law allows a man a rod no thicker than his thumb for the purpose of maintaining domestic discipline." Bobo refused to see the joke. He sat in silence with his chi…