`And, James,' I said, `get a chamois leather and sponge --

we'll want 'em anyway -- and you might give the buggy a wash down

in the creek, coming home. It's sure to be covered with dust.'

`And if you can, time yourself to get here in the cool of the evening,

I'd thought it would be better to have the buggy there

in the cool of the evening, when Mary would have time

to get excited and get over it -- better than in the blazing hot morning,

when the sun rose as hot as at noon, and we'd have the long broiling day