"Well, I should say so," chimed in my better half, who had delighted to take note of these things; "why, she always does her marketing in a basket-phaeton."
I've had a little experience in building, and of course paid for it, as all men do.
They were putting an addition on my country house.
I call it by that name, for it sounds well.
I am generally a particular man, believing in the motto "A place for everything and everything in its place."
The boss carpenter annoyed me.
He seemed very careless—why, he would leave his tools just where he dropped them, and it took me half an hour every evening going around collecting the same.
Finally, I thought to reprove him gently.
"My friend, suppose some one should drop in here and get away with some of the valuable tools you let lie around. It would be a serious loss."