Would a tablespoon of vanilla be enough for a small layer cake ? '' `` I felt sorrier than ever for the poor man . He did n't seem to be in his proper sphere at all . I had heard of henpecked husbands and now I felt that I saw one . It was on my lips to say , ` Mr. Blair , if you 'll give us a subscription for the hall I 'll mix up your cake for you . ' But I suddenly thought it would n't be neighborly to drive too sharp a bargain with a fellow creature in distress . So I offered to mix the cake for him without any conditions at all . He just jumped at my offer . He said he 'd been used to making his own bread before he was married but he feared cake was beyond him , and yet he hated to disappoint his wife . He got me another apron , and Diana beat the eggs and I mixed the cake . Mr. Blair ran about and got us the materials . He had forgotten all about his apron and when he ran it streamed out behind him and Diana said she thought she would die to see it . He said he could bake the cake all right ... he was used to that ... and then he asked for our list and he put down four dollars . So you see we were rewarded . But even if he had n't given a cent I 'd always feel that we had done a truly Christian act in helping him . '' Theodore White 's was the next stopping place . Neither Anne nor Diana had ever been there before , and they had only a very slight acquaintance with Mrs. Theodore , who was not given to hospitality . Should they go to the back or front door ? While they held a whispered consultation Mrs. Theodore appeared at the front door with an armful of newspapers . Deliberately she laid them down one by one on the porch floor and the porch steps , and then down the path to the very feet of her mystified callers .
`` Will you please wipe your feet carefully XXXXX the grass and then walk on these papers ? ''
So about at before for in on to with without