Perhaps you do . Perhaps you are the exception that proves the rule . '' This was a great admission for Miss Sally to make . For the next two months Miss Sally was happy . Even Willard himself was not more keenly interested in Eden and its development . Miss Sally did wonders with his money . She was an expert at bargain hunting , and her taste was excellent . A score of times she mercilessly nipped Willard 's suggestions in the bud . `` Lace curtains for the living room -- never ! They would be horribly out of place in such a house . You do n't want curtains at all -- just a frill is all that quaint window needs , with a shelf above it for a few bits of pottery . I picked up a love of a brass platter in town yesterday -- got it for next to nothing from that old Jew who would really rather give you a thing than suffer you to escape without taking something . Oh , I know how to manage them . '' `` You certainly do , '' laughed Willard . `` It amazes me to see how far you can stretch a dollar . '' Willard did the painting under Miss Sally 's watchful eye , and they hung the paper together . Together they made trips to town or junketed over the country in search of furniture and dishes of which Miss Sally had heard . Day by day the little house blossomed into a home , and day by day Miss Sally 's interest in it grew . She began to have a personal affection for its quaint rooms and their adornments . Moreover , in spite of herself , she felt a growing interest in Willard 's bride .
He never told her the name XXXXX the girl he hoped to bring to Eden , and Miss Sally never asked it .
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