"I don't know that it did please him.

He had been studying the subject, but something saved him from buying anything until I came.

I'd have felt dreadfully if he had gotten what he wanted." "What did he want, honey ?" asked the old lady in an awestruck whisper.
"Egg-shell china and cut glass." "And you wouldn't let him! Woman! What do you want ?" "A set of tulip-yellow dishes, with Dutch little figures on them.

They are so quaint and they would harmonize perfectly with this room." The old lady laughed gleefully.
"My! I wouldn't 'a' missed this for a dollar," she cried.

"It jest does my soul good.