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“Domestic difficulties,” said Mrs. Partington, “comes
in different guys, — some is quarrelling, some is poverty,
and some is something else; but this is the greatest
of 'em all.” She pointed to a paper, as she spoke,
which chronicled six children at a birth. “There 's difficulty,”
continued she; “and how the poor mother will
overcome it is more than I can imagine. Only think,
six mouths to feed, six dresses to wash, six heads to
comb, six cases of chicken-pox to take care of, six
measles to look after, six to pull out of the water, six to
keep from getting run over, six to buy books for, and
six to get places for when they grow up. I declare I
don't see how she can ever get over it.” No wonder
that she saw the difficulty, when she found it so hard to
manage one, who even then was trying the experiment,
that he had seen Blitz perform, of balancing a plate on
his finger, to fall in a moment to irremediable smash.