It's not the custom in this town or in this country, for that matter.

If you are nearsighted, buy yourself a pair of spectacles." "Certainly, aunt, certainly; it shall be as you wish," replied Thomas, without a tinge of embarrassment.

"I am so unused to America, you know." Then Nora relieved the painful situation by laughing.

She was taken with the giggles and she laughed till the tears rolled down her cheeks.

The others laughed, too, even Mrs.Gray, who felt that she might give way to hysterics at any moment.
After dinner Thomas Gray detained his aunt in another room, while the girls and boys returned to the parlor.