That’soneoftheadvantagesofhavingawellbalancednature，aPRACTICALside。
And，anyway，thevalueofagiftisnotintheCOSTofit。Quitecheapthings，whentheyrepresenttruethoughtandaffection，areaboverubies。
MammaandPapaaregoingtogetmeapearlnecklace，justtocirclethethroat，butbeautifullymatchedpearl。Iwouldn’tcareforanostentatiouslylongstringofpearlsanyway。
Poor，dearPapasayshereallycan’taffordit——
withtimessohard，andthosedear，patheticEuropeansoneverybody’shands，youknow——butMammamadehimunderstandhownecessaryBEAUTYistome，andhefinallygavein。