I packed them with the other few things I owned.
Morgan the trader did not haggle over the pearls, but gave me at once what he judged a fair price.

You will wonder why he did not hold the pearls until Father returned.

I didn't understand then, but I do now.

It was partly to pay a grudge he had against father." "And partly what else ?" "I shall never tell anybody that." "I don't know," said the doctor, dubiously.

"You're only twenty--not legally of age." "I am here in Canton," she replied, simply.
"Very well.