His Grandmother, finding Mrs.Thaddler invincible with this new weapon, and what she had so long regarded as her home now visibly Mrs.Weatherstone's, had retired in regal dignity to her old Philadelphia establishment, where she upheld the standard of decorum against the weakening habits of a deteriorated world, for many years.
As Mr.Thaddler thought of this sweeping victory, he chuckled for the hundredth time.

"She ought to make good, and she will.

Something's got to be done about it," said he.
Diantha had never liked Mr.Thaddler; she did not like that kind of man in general, nor his manner toward her in particular.

Moreover he was the husband of Mrs.Thaddler.She did not know that he was still the largest owner in the town's best grocery store, and when that store offered her special terms for her exclusive trade, she accepted the proposition thankfully.
She told Ross about it, as a matter well within his knowledge, if not his liking, and he was mildly interested.

"I am much alarmed at this new venture," he wrote, "but you must get your experience.