麦琪的礼物英文版.pdf

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in  One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in  pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the  pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the  vegetable man and the butcher until one‟s cheeks burned with the silent  vegetable man and the butcher until one‟s cheeks burned with the silent  imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della  imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della  counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be  counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be  Christmas.  Christmas.  There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and  There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and  howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up  howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up  of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.  of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.  While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the  While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the  second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not  second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not  exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the  exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the  mendicancy squad.  mendicancy squad.  In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an  In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an  electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a