He rubbed his finger and thumb on the wall, and put a little whitewash on it; but, finding it rather made matters worse, he rubbed it off again.

Then he looked carefully into his own eyes.

They certainly were a little pulled down at the outer corners, which gave them the appearance of looking crosswise; but then they were a nice blue.

So he put on his best coat, took up his stick, and went out to supper, feeling on the whole well satisfied.
"Aunt," said Trana to Tant Sannie when that night they lay together in the great wooden bed, "why does the Englishman sigh so when he looks at me ?" "Ha!" said Tant Sannie, who was half asleep, but suddenly started, wide awake.

"It's because he thinks you look like me.