; “ an ' I would n't do it over for a thousand , cold cash . ”
While Newton wentgo( not without a muttered grumblinggrumble) to undo the shawls , which had already been exhibitedexhibitfour or five times that day , Margaret lookedlookround upon the nursery ; the first room in that house with which she had become familiarfamiliarnine years ago , when she was broughtbring, all untamed from the forest , to share the home , the play , and the lessons of her cousin Edith .
CHAPTER ONE PLAYING PILGRIMS " Christmas wo n't be Christmas without any presents , " grumbledgrumbleJo , lying on the rug .
A classmate named Stewart Snyder , a competent bulky young man in a gray flannel shirt , a rusty black bow tie , and the green-and-purple class cap , grumbledgrumbleto her as they walkedwalkbehind the others in the muck of the South St. Paul stockyards , “ These college chumps make me tired .