It saved him trouble, he said, but I did not understand him at the time.

Accordingly, the carpenter made several windows for us, and put in sashes, which opened on hinges like the hasp of a trunk.

Our furniture did not amount to much, at first.

The very thought of living in this independent, romantic way was so delightful, Euphemia said, that furniture seemed a mere secondary matter.
We were obliged indeed to give up the idea of following the plan detailed in our book, because we hadn't the sum upon which the furnishing of a small house was therein based.
"And if we haven't the money," remarked Euphemia, "it would be of no earthly use to look at the book.

It would only make us doubt our own calculations.