Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Ward” in chapter 3 of Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1:

...ake his daughters in the morning by pelting them with stockings, crying, Come, my rosebuds! The young people were apt to linger over the breakfast table in talk. If this were unduly prolonged, Mr. Ward would appear, hatted and booted for the day, and say, Young gentlemen, I am glad that you can afford to take life so easily. I am old, and must work for my living! Dinner was at four o'clock,...
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