I told him he had to come and I'd expect him, and he didn't say he wouldn't.

Why, for gracious sake, do you suppose I went and fixed his din--dinner-- ?" Mary V gulped down a sob she had not suspected was present.
"Well, there, now, don't cry about it.

You'll have plenty better reasons to cry after you're married to him.

Seems to me the boy's changed considerable, if he comes and goes at the crook of your finger, Mary V.

Johnny's most as stubborn as you be, if I'm any judge.