I wanted to get a nice head of cabbage and some lentils for a soup, and if you don't go to market early, the restaurants get all the best." "And you've been to market already, Miss Baker ?" "Oh, my, yes; and I got a fish--a sole--see." She drew the sole in question from her basket.
"Oh, the lovely sole!" exclaimed Trina.
"I got this one at Spadella's; he always has good fish on Friday.

How is the doctor, Mrs.McTeague ?" "Ah, Mac is always well, thank you, Miss Baker." "You know, Mrs.Ryer told me," cried the little dressmaker, moving forward a step out of the way of a "glass-put-in" man, "that Doctor McTeague pulled a tooth of that Catholic priest, Father--oh, I forget his name--anyhow, he pulled his tooth with his fingers.

Was that true, Mrs.McTeague ?" "Oh, of course.

Mac does that almost all the time now, 'specially with front teeth.

He's got a regular reputation for it.