You put that in a parlour window,' said Traddles, falling a little back from it to survey it with the greater admiration, 'with a plant in it, and--and there you are! This little round table with the marble top (it's two feet ten in circumference), I bought.

You want to lay a book down, you know, or somebody comes to see you or your wife, and wants a place to stand a cup of tea upon, and--and there you are again!' said Traddles.

'It's an admirable piece of workmanship--firm as a rock!' I praised them both, highly, and Traddles replaced the covering as carefully as he had removed it.
'It's not a great deal towards the furnishing,' said Traddles, 'but it's something.

The table-cloths, and pillow-cases, and articles of that kind, are what discourage me most, Copperfield.

So does the ironmongery--candle-boxes, and gridirons, and that sort of necessaries--because those things tell, and mount up.