"It sounds as if he were leading an army," he said.
"He is very much in earnest," said the girl.
She placed painstakingly for her guest the best chair, which was a spring rocker upholstered with crush-plush.

The little parlor was close and stuffy, and the kerosene-lamp, with the light dimmed by a globe decorated with roses, heated the room still further.

This lamp was Fanny's pride.

It had, in her eyes, the double glory of high art and cheapness.

She was fond of pointing at it, and inquiring, "How much do you think that cost ?" and explaining with the air of one who expects her truth to be questioned that it only cost forty-nine cents.