She can make terms with dealers and contractors--her own terms, too--when they won't look at MY figures.

By Jove! she even gets points out of those traveling agents and inventors, don't you know, who come along the road with patents and samples.

She got one of those lightning-rod and wire-fence men to show her how to put up an arbor for her trailing roses.

Why, when I first saw YOU up on the cornice, I thought you were some other chap that she'd asked--don't you know--that is, at first, of course!--you know what I mean--ha, by Jove!--before we were introduced, don't you know." "I think I OFFERED to help Miss Dows," said Courtland with a quickness that he at once regretted.
"So did HE, don't you know?
Miss Sally does not ASK anybody.

Don't you see?
a fellow don't like to stand by and see a young lady like her doing such work." Vaguely aware of some infelicity in his speech, he awkwardly turned the subject: "I don't think I shall stay here long, myself." "You expect to return to England ?" asked Courtland.
"Oh, no! But I shall go out of the company's service and try my own hand.