`` You certainly are , my dear . I 'll wait till the house-cleaning is over , and then , if we are all alive , I 'll see about Miss Bat 's reward . Meantime , you go with Mrs. Grant and get whatever you and the boy need , and send the bills to me ; '' and Mr. Bemis lighted a cigar , as if that matter was settled . `` Oh , thank you , sir ! That will be splendid . Merry always has pretty things , and I know you will like me when I get fixed , '' said Molly , smoothing down her apron , with a little air . `` Seems to me you look very well as you are . Is n't that a pretty enough frock ? '' asked Mr. Bemis , quite unconscious that his own unusual interest in his daughter 's affairs made her look so bright and winsome . `` This ? Why , father , I 've worn it all winter , and it 's frightfully ugly , and almost in rags . I asked you for a new one a month ago , and you said you 'd ` see about it ' ; but you did n't , so I patched this up as well as I could ; '' and Molly showed her elbows , feeling that such masculine blindness as this deserved a mild reproof . `` Too bad ! Well , go and get half a dozen pretty muslin and gingham things , and be as gay as a butterfly , to make up for it , '' laughed her father , really touched by the patches and Molly 's resignation to the unreliable `` I 'll see about it , '' which he recognized as a household word . Molly clapped her hands , old gloves and all , exclaiming , with girlish delight , `` How nice it will seem to have a plenty of new , neat dresses all at once , and be like other girls ! Miss Bat always talks about economy , and has no more taste than a -- caterpillar . '' Molly meant to say `` cat , '' but remembering her pets , spared them the insult . `` I think I can afford to dress my girl as well as Grant does his . Get a new hat and coat , child , and any little notions you fancy . Miss Bat 's economy is n't the sort I like ; '' and Mr. Bemis looked at his wristbands again , as if he could sympathize with Molly 's elbows .
`` At this rate , I shall have more clothes than I XXXXX what to do with , after being a rag-bag , '' thought the girl , in great glee , as she bravely stitched away at the worst glove , while her father smoked silently for a while , feeling that several little matters had escaped his eye which he really ought to `` see about . ''
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