You are broader and taller, and a big man, are you not?
How long do you stay in town?
Will you spend the summer here ?" "I wish I could," he answered.

"It is pleasant here, but I must work, you know.

I may idle for a little time.

You haven't said anything about the tie." "Oh, the tie?
Don't speak of that.

I had the whim to make something for somebody--I have an embroidering mania on me sometimes--and there was a chance to dispose of it, you see." The young man's face fell a little as he looked upon the great, handsome woman and heard her seemingly careless words.