"I'll go to-morrow, if he ain't got to spend all that last interest-money for the parish taxes an' cuttin' that wood," said she.

"I dunno how much that wood-cuttin' come to, an' he won't know to-night if I wake him up.

I can't get it through his head.

But I'll buy it to-morrow if there's money enough left." But Deborah was forced to wait a few weeks, since it took all the interest-money for the parish taxes and to pay for the wood-cutting.
She had to wait until Caleb had sold some of the wood, and that took some time, since seller and purchasers were slow-motioned.
At last, one afternoon, she drove herself over to Bolton in the chaise to buy the dress.

She went to Bolton, because she would not go herself to Silas Berry's store and trade with William.