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Her Marriage, Her Clothes, Her Appetite, and an Inventory of Her Furniture

           Shethenranratherthanwalkedinthedirectionofthesixpenny-halfpennyshop.Nowmysteryofanykindisdetestabletome,andIwentintothebric-a-bracshop,ostensiblytolookatthecrackedchina;andthere,stillonthecounter,withthewrappingtornoffit,wasthearticleMaryhadsoldinordertofurnishontheproceeds.Whatdoyouthinkitwas?Itwasawonderfuldoll’shouse,withdollsatteadownstairsanddollsgoingtobedupstairs,andadollshowingadolloutatthefrontdoor.Lovinglipshadlongagolickedmostofthepaintoff,butotherwisethethingwasinadmirablepreservation;obviouslythejoyofMary’schildhood,ithadnowbeensoldbyherthatshemightgetmarried.

           “Latelypurchasedbyus,”saidtheshopwoman,seeingmelookatthetoy,“fromaladywhohasnofurtheruseforit.”

           IthinkIhaveseldombeenmoreindignantwithMary.Iboughtthedoll’shouse,andastheyknewthelady’saddress(itwasatthisshopthatIfirstlearnedhername)Iinstructedthemtosenditbacktoherwiththefollowingletter,whichIwroteintheshop:“Dearmadam,don’tberidiculous.Youwillcertainlyhavefurtheruseforthis.Iam,etc.,theManWhoDroppedtheLetter.”

           Itpainedmeafterward,buttoolatetorescindtheorder,toreflectthatIhadsentheraweddingpresent;andwhennextIsawhershehadbeenmarriedforsomemonths.

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