"Oh! yes; have the goodness to walk into the drawing-room; you will find it there, now."
"Ah!"
"Yes; it hangs better there; it is better lighted in the drawing-room than in my own room."
"Would you like, madam, to look at the design for the monument?"
"With pleasure. Oh! what a size! What profusion of decorations! Why, it is a palace, sir, this tomb!"
"Did you not tell me, madam, that nothing could be too magnificent? I have not considered the expense; and, by the way, here is a memorandum of what the monument will cost you."
"Oh, heavens!" exclaimed the widow, after having cast an eye over the total adding up. "Why, this is enormous!"
"You begged me to spare no expense."
"Yes, no doubt, I desire to do things properly, but not exactly to make a fool of myself."
"This, at present, you see, is only a design; and there is time yet to cut it down."