"Yes; Mary Ann told me that there was a lady with long ringlets who wrote for the story papers who came in often. She had had two books published, and always inquired how they sold."
"Do you remember her name?"
"No, I disremember."
I should like to have given her a hint that this word is hardly accounted correct, but I suspected that if I undertook to correct Miss Canby's English I should have my hands full.
"Do you think you stand a chance to get into the book department?"
"Mary Ann has agreed to speak for me when there is a vacancy. Do you often come into Macy's, Dr. Fenwick?"
"This is my first visit."
"You don't mean it? I thought everybody came to Macy's at least once a month."
"Truly it looks like it," said I, looking about and noting the crowds of customers.