He was still barefoot, though Call saw at once that his feet were better. For the next week it seemed no one talked of anything but the death. Not that she spent it on herself--Clara spent nothing on herself, except for the books she ordered or the magazines she took. He gave me the fifty dollars anyway.
It would not be easy for him to resist mentioning that he had heard a man offer fifty dollars for a poke. He ain't introduced himself. The doctor put his hands to his temple again. She had not washed in a long time, and it felt good.