"He went down in the cellar and polished his own shoes." "What!" "For about an hour, I think," she said, as one remaining calm before a miracle.

"And he only has three neckties, but I saw him several times in each of them.

He must have kept changing and changing.

I wonder--" She paused.
"I'm glad he's begun to take a little care of his appearance at last.
Business men think a good deal about that, these days, when he comes to make his start in the world.

I'll have to take a look at him and give him a word of praise.