By discreet inquiry, Barfoot had discovered that 'Fanny,' though musically inclined, would not possess a piano, her old instrument being quite worn out and not worth the cost of conveyance; thus it came to pass that, a day or two before the wedding, Micklethwaite was astonished by the arrival of an instrument of the Cottage species, mysteriously addressed to a person not yet in existence, Mrs.Micklethwaite.
'You scoundrel!' he cried, when, on the next day, Barfoot presented himself at the house.

'This is _your_ doing.

What the deuce do you mean?
A man who complains of poverty! Well, it's the greatest kindness I ever received, that's all.

Fanny will be devoted to you.

With music in the house, our blind sister will lead quite a different life.
Confound it! I want to begin crying.