But perhaps you never laugh," she added, straightening her lips.
"How d'you mean--laugh ?" asked the Stranger.

"I didn't know that noise was called laughing.

I thought you were just saying 'Ha--ha.'" At this moment the Mayor came in.

As I told you, he was a grocer, and the Chairman of the committee.

He was a bad Chairman, but a good grocer.
Grocers generally wear white in the execution of their duty, and this fancy, I think, reflects their pureness of heart.