"House and things! Why, Mandy, I have YOU safe.

What else matters ?" Again he laughed aloud, holding her off from him at arm's length and gazing at her grimy face.

"Mandy," he said, "I believe you are improving every day in your appearance, but you never looked so stunning as this blessed minute." Again he laughed aloud.

He was white and trembling.
"But the house, Allan!" "Oh, yes, by the way," he said, "the house.

And who's the Johnny carrying water there ?" "Oh, I quite forgot.