Carrie could not help listening with amusement to his animated descriptions.
"I tell you," he said, "I surprised the people at the office.

I've sold more goods this last quarter than any other man of our house on the road.

I sold three thousand dollars' worth in La Crosse." He plunged his face in a basin of water, and puffed and blew as he rubbed his neck and ears with his hands, while Carrie gazed upon him with mingled thoughts of recollection and present judgment.

He was still wiping his face, when he continued: "I'm going to strike for a raise in June.

They can afford to pay it, as much business as I turn in.