"HOW MUCH?

"Now, don't be in a hurry! Well, I think, with good pinching--and
you know, Caudle, there's never a wife who can pinch closer than I
can--I think, with pinching, I can do with twenty pounds. What did
you say?

"TWENTY FIDDLESTICKS?

"What?

"YOU WON'T GIVE HALF THE MONEY?

"Very well, Mr. Caudle; I don't care: let the children go in rags;
let them stop from church, and grow up like heathens and cannibals,
and then you'll save your money, and, I suppose, be satisfied.

"YOU GAVE ME TWENTY POUNDS FIVE MONTHS AGO?

"What's five months ago to do with now? Besides, what I HAVE had is
nothing to do with it.

"What do you say?

"TEN POUNDS ARE ENOUGH?

"Yes, just like you men; you think things cost nothing for women; but
you don't care how much you lay out upon yourselves.