I see what his aim wuz; I had recognized it all the hull time.

But as we went up the stairway into our room, perfectly tuckered
out, both on us, I sez to him, in weary axents, "That picture wuz
cheap enough, for the money, wuzn't it?"

He groaned aloud. And sech is my love for that man, that the
minute I heard that groan I immegetly added, "Though I hadn't no
idee of buyin' it, Josiah."

Immegetly he smiled warmly, and wuz very affectionate in his
demeener to me for as much as two hours and a half. Sech is the
might of human love.

His hurryin' me over them swelterin' and blisterin' streets, and
showin' me all the beauty and glory of the world, and his
conversation had no effect, skercely on my mind. But what them
hours of frenzied effert could not accomplish, that one still,
small groan did. I love that man. I almost worship him, and he
me, vise versey, and the same.

We found that Ardelia Tutt had been to see us in our absence. She
had been into our room I see, for she had dropped one of her mits
there. And the chambermaid said she had been in and waited for us
quite a spell - the young man a waitin' below on the piazza, so I
s'posed.

I expect Ardelia wanted to show him off to us and I myself wuz
quite anxus to see him, feelin' worried and oncomfertable about