Probably the girls wouldn't want her candy then.

Each of the boxes had been ordered as a special Christmas offering for some relative with a well-known sweet tooth.

And Mary had a horror of debt, that was part of her heritage from her grandfather Ware.

It was his frequent remark that "who goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing," and it lay heavy on the conscience of every descendant of his who stepped aside even for a moment from the path of his teachings.

She felt that it would be dishonest to send Jack a present that wasn't fully paid for, and yet the disappointment of not being able to send it was so deep, that she could not keep the tears back.