But in the store under the electric lights it was really a pretentious affair.
Ruth was with me at the time, and, wise little pilot that she is, tried to steer me past it.

But I was determined to have it.

After I left Ruth, I opened the box and looked at it in broad daylight, and then I happened to meet my washerwoman's daughter, and I gave it to her.

It was so fortunate I met her, wasn't it ?" finished Arline plaintively.
"For the washerwoman's daughter, yes," returned Grace.
"It served me right for buying it.

I spend too much money foolishly," said Arline self-accusingly.