"Yes."
"I—I thought you'd give us anything we wanted."
"I have tried to, dear."
"But I shall want another coat."
He shook his head. "You deliberately gave away the one you had without asking permission. I can't supply you with new clothes continually if that is what you intend to do with them."
"Then how will I go to school any more?"
"You must wear the coat you had when you came here to live."
"So you hung onto that old gray Parker coat, did you?" she said bitterly.
"Yes, and now you will have to wear it until spring comes."
She was silent a moment, then shrugged her shoulders and airily retorted, "I s'pose you know! But, anyway, it was worth giving the new coat away just to see how glad the Dago was to get it."