# Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870.

Author: Various

Genre: Punchinello

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10933

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Punchinello%2C+Volume+2%2C+No.+38%2C+December+17%2C+1870.+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

At last there came a day when the husband was of no consequence in his own house. When numerous female visitors frowned upon and snubbed him. When his mother-in-law glared at him and entreated him despitefully if he ventured into her august and fearful presence; and even that wonderful and mysterious person, the hired nurse, unfeelingly ordered him out of the house, and bade him "begone about his business." The miserable and conscience-stricken wretch wandered disconsolately from room to room, only to meet with fresh humiliation and contumely, and at last, in sheer despair, betook himself off to a lonely and gloomsome spot in the dark wood, and there, in penitent humility, bewailed his mi...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punchinello-volume-2-no-38-december-17-1870-10933/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/punchinello-volume-2-no-38-december-17-1870-10933/chapters/2/index.md)