No dollar and eifht-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 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.
THERE was clear nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.So Della did it.Which instigated the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs,sniffles,andsmiles,with sniffle predominating