"I feel kind of anxious to have her have something pretty when she graduates," Fanny said, speaking as if she were feeling her way into a mind of opposition.
Neither she nor Andrew had ever owned a watch, and the scheme seemed to her breathless with magnificence.
"Yes, she ought to have something pretty," agreed Andrew.
"I don't want her to feel ashamed when she sees the other girls' presents," said Fanny.
"That's so," assented Andrew.
"Well," said Fanny, "I've been thinkin'-- " "What ?" "Well, I've been thinkin' that--of course your mother is goin' to give her the dress, and that's all, of course, and it's a real handsome present.

I ain't sayin' a word against that; but there ain't anybody else to give her much except us.

Poor Eva 'd like to, but she can't; it takes all she earns, since Jim's out of work, and I don't know what she's goin' to do.

So that leaves nobody but us, and I've been thinkin'-- I dun'no' what you'll say, Andrew, but I've been thinkin'-- s'pose you took a little money out of the bank, and--got Ellen--a watch." Fanny spoke the last word in a faint whisper.

She actually turned pale in the darkness.
"A watch ?" repeated Andrew.
"Yes, a watch.