'It works capitally in Wyoming.' 'I shall be proud to do it.

Mother and the aunts go every year, and Daisy will come with me.

She is my better half still; and I don't mean to leave her behind in anything,' said Demi, with an arm round his sister of whom he was fonder than ever.
Dan looked at them wistfully, thinking how sweet it must be to have such a tie; and his lonely youth seemed sadder than ever as he recalled its struggles.

A gusty sigh from Tom made sentiment impossible, as he said pensively: 'I always wanted to be a twin.

It's so sociable and so cosy to have someone glad to lean on a fellow and comfort him, if other girls are cruel.' As Tom's unrequited passion was the standing joke of the family, this allusion produced a laugh, which Nan increased by whipping out a bottle of Nux, saying, with her professional air: 'I knew you ate too much lobster for tea.