...and there was no possible way of crowding her in, anywhere. I could not leave her there, of course ; it would not do. After spreading her out so, and making...Fourth, and began the chapter with this statistic : It seemed abrupt, but I thought maybe the reader wouldn't notice it, because I changed the subject...

...and there was no possible way of crowding her in, anywhere. I could not leave her there, of course; it would not do. After spreading her out so, and making...Chapter XVII, I put a "Calendar" remark concerning July Fourth, and began the chapter with this statistic: "Rowena went out in the back yard after supper to...

...example, began splendidly but failed to keep up: "I must simply give her the grand bounce," he said. "It grieved me to do it, for after associating with...irritating things, and was so nauseatingly sentimental." So he sent her "out into the back yard after supper to see the fireworks," and "she fell down a well...

...decided that all he could do was "give her the grand bounce." It grieved him, because he'd come to like her after a fashion, "notwithstanding she was...irritating things and was so nauseatingly sentimental"; but it had to be done. So he started Chapter Seventeen with: "Rowena went out in the back yard after...