Isn't 'abiding' a good word?
Doesn't it mean a lot?
Where could you find one other word that means being with you and also means comforting you and loving you and sympathizing with you and surrounding you with firm walls and a cushioned floor and a starry roof?
I love that word.

I hope it impresses Marian with all its wonderful meaning." She went back to her room, put both letters into her Geometry, and in the morning mailed them.

She stood a long time hesitating with the typewritten letter in her hand, but finally dropped it in the letter box also.
"It will just be something," she said, "to make her think that some man appreciates her lovely face and doesn't care if her hair is white, and sees how steadfast and fine she is." And then she slowly repeated, "'steadfast,' that is another fine word.
It has pearls and rubies all over it." After school that evening she visited James Brothers' and was paid the full amount of the appraisement of her furniture.

Then she went to an art store and laid in a full supply of the materials she needed for the work she was trying to do.

Her fingers were trembling as she handled the boxes of water colors and selected the brushes and pencils for her work, and sheets of drawing paper upon which she could do herself justice.
When the transaction was finished, she had a few dollars remaining.