O. Henry

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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 vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent 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 Christmas.

parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. 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 of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

O. Henry The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million

Tobin got saying that she had started to come to him not a bit of news had he heard or seen of Katie Mahorner

Вы приводите Джонни домой и платите мне двести пятьдесят долларов наличными, а я соглашаюсь взять его у вас с рук долой. Лучше приходите ночью, а то соседи думают, что он пропал без вести, и я не отвечаю за то, что они сделают с человеком, который приведет Джонни домой. С совершенным почтением Эбенезер Дорсет».

Никакой язык не труден для человека, если он ему нужен.