"It's good enough for a spell longer.
Let it stay.

Besides," he added, "the washin' ain't been done this week and there ain't another clean one aboard." Mary-'Gusta smiled cheerfully.
"Oh, yes, there is," she said.

"There's a real nice one in the bottom drawer of the closet.

I've been huntin' and I found it.

Come and see." She led him into the dining-room and showed him the cloth she had found.
"It's a real pretty one, I think," she said.