As the crowd moved from room to room, Pinkey's excitement increased.

Mother Jenkins had gone to the kitchen, where she always found a few pickings.

She came back and found Pinkey's husband, the young man with the ugly face and dancing eyes, who was waiting outside with the cart, watching while Pinkey polished a corner of the wardrobe to show him its quality.

She hurried them down to the kitchen to examine the linoleum on the floor, as it would fit their dining-room, if the worn parts were cut out.
The crowd moved like a mob of sheep into the servants rooms, standing in each other's way, tired of the strain on their attention.

Mother Jenkins whispered that things would go cheap because the auctioneer was in a hurry to get to his lunch.