Cleaning them has made such a difference . I do hope Aunt Josephina wo n't mind their being so old . '' Aunt Josephina did n't . She was very philosophical about it when Sara explained that Cousin Caroline had the spare room , and the blue north room was all they had left . `` Oh , it will be all right , '' she said , plainly determined to make the best of things . `` Those old things are thought a lot of now , anyhow . I ca n't say I fancy them much myself -- I like something a little brighter . But the rich folks have gone cracked over them . I know a woman in Boston that 's got her whole house furnished with old truck , and as soon as she hears of any old furniture anywhere she 's not contented till she 's got it . She says it 's her hobby , and she spends a heap on it . She 'd be in raptures if she saw this old room of yours , Sary . '' `` Do you mean , '' said Sara slowly , `` that there are people who would buy old things like these ? '' `` Yes , and pay more for them than would buy a real nice set with a marble-topped burey . You may well say there 's lots of fools in the world , Sary . '' Sara was not saying or thinking any such thing . It was a new idea to her that any value was attached to old furniture , for Sara lived very much out of the world of fads and collectors . But she did not forget what Aunt Josephina had said . The winter passed away . Aunt Josephina plainly enjoyed her visit , whatever the Sheldons felt about it . In March her son returned , and Aunt Josephina went home to him .
Before she left , Sara asked her XXXXX the address of the woman whose hobby was old furniture , and the very afternoon after Aunt Josephina had gone Sara wrote and mailed a letter .
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