Ten yards," he ordered.

"She was particular to say that she wanted ten yards, and that I was to be sure and purchase the dress at the shop adjoining the drug-store.

You see I have obeyed her," he added with a touch of senility in his quiet chuckle which threw the busy woman off her guard.
"I fear," said she, "that the dress I sold her before will not prove very becoming.

But gray is always good.

That's why I advised it." "I see, I see," chattered away the old man, not without some slight compunction.