Ruby chucked up her head. "Mr. Mixet, if you'll be so good as to stow that! There ain't no beauty here as I knows of, and if there was it isn't nothing to you."
"Except in the way of friendship," said Mixet.
"I'm just as sick of all this as a man can be," said Mr. Ruggles, who was sitting low in his chair, with his back bent, and his head forward. "I won't put up with it no more."

Ruby tossed her head. "Mr. Mixet, stow that! There ain't no beauty here as I knows of, and if there was it isn't nothing to you."
"I'm just sick of all this," said Mr. Ruggles, who was sitting bent in his chair. "I won't put up with it no more."
