She did not approve of the barber-shop, and so the pleasure had something of the zest of a forbidden one.
Every Sunday he was at his wit's end, which was easily reached, to invent a suitable excuse for his absence.

To-day it had been to see if Mrs.Amidon did not want to buy some apples.

Some of their last winter's store had been miraculously preserved, and Minna saw the way to a few pennies thereby.

He could quite openly say that he had been to the barber-shop to-day, having seen Amidon there, therefore he was quite easy in his mind, and leaned back in his chair with perfect content.

One of the children at home cried all the time.