and so it turned out; mr. hosea hussey being from home, but leaving mrs. hussey entirely competent to attend to all his affairs. upon making known our desires for a supper and a bed, mrs. hussey, postponing further scolding for the present, ushered us into a little room, and seating us at a table spread with the relics of a recently concluded repast, turned round to us and said—"clam or cod?"