Ifyouve seen how I act when I have a twinge you
dont need to betold.
Why did you decide to locate in this countrified
place?
That tambour desk will have gone longbefore that
happens, he said.
But hes beginnin to show signs that he is a man,and
thats somethin.
I wouldnt want you to run aground and getme in bad
with Eben.
That tambour desk will have gone longbefore that
happens, he said.
Furs that goes, he added reflectively, I canusually
use money. Ebenezer, he said, Iwant a little time to think this over. Do run in any
time you are out and cheer me up.
Price was to be a secondary
consideration.
Elizabeth, very much puzzled by hergrandmothers
agitation, assisted her in tidying her negligee.
Itwas a good-sized room with many books in it; the
only privatelibrary worthy the name in Denboro. It was agood deal of money, more
than he can spare. Upstairs in his room, writing a letter, I believe. What set you
to cross-questioning me about Mrs.
The new attorney would have preferredBanks to the
S.
Abroad or in Florida orCalifornia she had lived
much of the time since.
Ive been beggin you for the last ten minutes topull
off your coat and set down, havent I?
Well, then this customer of mine she wentaway, shut
up her house and cleared out for all summer.
Think you could manageem without
snarlin?
Ran to flowery names in that family, I
shouldsay.
Stay here and do your lawyerin in Denboro, same as
I told youyoud ought to do? Truman would do and sayto her when they got home.
Tadgett was carriedin and, after thought and several changes, finally
placed.
About that; but the captain has been dead seventeen
years or so.
Abijah, at that moment, looked as if he were
tempted to enlightenher.
Ebenezer had asked that the matter be kept
secretand of course it must be for the present. Themajority of Denboro would have
considered it decidedly daring. Mother, he said, I suppose anybody inDenboro who
dared to say Dum when Mrs. Got some law books of yourown, I presume likely?