\"Tee—hee！Tee—hee—ee！Dearyme！Thankee——thankee，mylady，\"hetittered，andhegazedandblinkedatherbeautythroughheavenlytears。
\"Nearlyahundredyearsold，andhehaslivedonsixteenshillingsaweekallhislife，andearneditbyworkingeveryhourbetweensunriseandsunset，\"Bettysaidtohersister，whenshewenthome。\"Amanhasonelife，andhishaspassedlikethat。Itisdonenow，andalltheyearsandworkhaveleftnothinginhisoldhandsbuthispipe。That’sall。I
shouldnotliketoputitoutforhim。WhoamIthatI
canbuyhimanewone，andkeepitfilledforhimuntiltheend？Howdidithappen？No，\"suddenly，\"Imustnotlosetimeinaskingmyselfthat。Imustgetthenewpipe。\"
Shedidit——apipeofgreatmagnificence——suchasdrewtotheDobycottageasmanycallersasthevillagecouldprovide，eachcomingwithfeveredinterest，tolookatit——tobeallowedtoholdandexamineitforafewmoments，guessingatitsprobableenormouscost，andreturningitreverently，togazeatDobywithrespect——theincreaseofwhichcanbeimaginedwhenitwasknownthathewasnotonlypossessorofthepipe，butofanassurancethathewouldbesuppliedwithasmuchtobaccoashecoulduse，totheendofhisdays。Fromthetimeoftheadventofthepipe，GrandfatherDobybecameamanofmark，andhislifeinthechimneycornerachangedthing。Amanwhoownssplendoursandunlimited，excellentshagmaylikefriendstodropinandcrackjokes——andevensmokeapipewithhim——acommonpipe，which，however，isnotamisswhenexcellentshagcomesfree。