"Sensible, isn't it ?" "Perfectly." And sensible it turned out to be.

When John first heard about it, he was apparently quite overcome, and there followed a brief awkward pause while he rapidly blinked the joy from his eyes.

But then he said, "Fine, thank you.

That's mighty good of you, Mr.Gale," in as matter of fact a tone as you please.

And he entered the household in much the same way, for John had a sense of the fitness of things.