But it did not work very well in practice.

We have a friend who undertook to furnish her house by our book, and she never could get the things as cheaply as we had them quoted.
"But you see," said Euphemia, to her, "we had to put them down at very low prices, because the model house we speak of in the book is to be entirely furnished for just so much." But, in spite of this explanation, the lady was not satisfied.
We found ourselves obliged to give up the idea of a furnished house.

We would have taken an unfurnished one and furnished it ourselves, but we had not money enough.

We were dreadfully afraid that we should have to continue to board.
It was now getting on toward summer, at least there was only a part of a month of spring left, and whenever I could get off from my business Euphemia and I made little excursions into the country round about the city.

One afternoon we went up the river, and there we saw a sight that transfixed us, as it were.