"Come right in here, ma'am," he said, gravely; adding, after they had entered the other apartment, "Take that chair.

I'll sit over here on the box." He pulled forward the box and turned to find her still standing.
"Do sit down," he urged.

"That chair ain't very comfortable, I know.

Perhaps I'd better get you another one from my sittin'-room in yonder." He was on his way to carry out the suggestion, but she interrupted him.

"Oh, no," she said.