THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. 5S

Petruchio was determined that she should neither eat nor sleep that
night, for he had made up his mind to teach his bad-tempered wife a
lesson she would never forget.

So he welcomed her kindly to his house, but when supper was
served he found fault with everythinge—the meat was burnt, he said,
and ill served, and he loved her far too much to let her eat anything
but the best. At last Katharine, tired out with her journey, went supper-
less to bed. Then her husband, still telling her how he loved her, and
how anxious he was that she should sleep well, pulled her bed to pieces,
throwing pillows and bedclothes on the floor, so that she could not go to
bed at all, and still kept growling and scolding at the servants so that
Kate might see how unbeautiful a thing ill-temper was.

The next day, too, Katharine’s food was all found fault with, and
caught away before she could touch a. mouthful, and she was sick and
giddy for want of sleep. Then she said to one of the servants—

“[ pray thee go and get me some repast. I care not what.”

“What say you to a neat’s foot?” said the servant.

Katharine said ‘“ Yes,” eagerly ; but the servant, who was in his
master’s secret, said he feared it was not good for hasty-tempered people.
Would she like tripe?

‘“‘ Bring it me,” said Katharine.

“T don’t think that is good for hasty-tempered people,” said the
servant. ‘‘ What do you say to a dish of beef and mustard ?”

“T love it,” said Kate.

“ But mustard is too hot.”

“Why, then, the beef, and let the mustard go,” cried Katharine, who
was getting hungrier and hungrier.

“No,” said the servant, “you must have the mustard, or you get
no beef from me.”

“Then,” cried Katharine, losing patience, “let it be both, or one, or
anything thou wilt.”

“Why, then,” said the servant, ‘‘ the mustard without the beef

Then Katharine saw he was making fun of her, and boxed his ears.

Just then Petruchio brought her some food—but she had scarcely
begun to satisfy her hunger, before he called for the tailor to bring
her new clothes, and the table was cleared, leaving her still hungry.

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