At least it was part modesty; in part the circumstance that his visible garments were precisely all he wore.

He would not reveal to this child of wealth that the Cowans had not the habit of multifarious underwear.

Over the headstone presently came the knee pants, the faded calico waist with bone buttons.

The avid buyer seized and apparelled herself in them with a deft facility.

The Merle twin was amazed that she should so soon look so much like a boy.