He took a devout satisfaction in his hard-earned wisdom and his happy frugality.

Rowland went the next day, by appointment, to look at his sketches, and spent a whole morning turning them over.
Singleton talked more than he had ever done before, explained them all, and told some quaintly humorous anecdote about the production of each.
"Dear me, how I have chattered!" he said at last.

"I am afraid you had rather have looked at the things in peace and quiet.

I did n't know I could talk so much.

But somehow, I feel very happy; I feel as if I had improved." "That you have," said Rowland.