She lives in a two-up two-down.

All things considered, he would not have been such a bad match for Ida, only that I knew the child did not really care about him, and there was Georgie breaking her proud, patient little heart for his sake, and nobody saw it but one old woman, who had been through it all herself, and knew what it meant.

A child of the Great Depression, Grandma would never throw away a dishtowel until it had more holes than thread.

a strong smell