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You 're going to have just as many pretty things as Allie . '' Ma was panic-stricken at this suggestion . When Gray insisted she demurred ; when he told her that one nice dress would cost at least a hundred dollars , she confessed : `` Why , I do n't s ` pose all the clo 's I 've had since I was married cost much more 'n that . '' `` I 'll spend at least a thousand on you before noon , '' he laughed . Mrs. Briskow gasped , she rolled her eyes and fanned herself ; she appealed to Allegheny , but it was evident that the latter had kept her eyes open and had done some thinking , for she broke out , passionately : `` You make me sick , Ma ! It 'll take all Pa can afford , and then some , to make us look like other people . I never knew how plumb ridic ` lous we are till -- '' `` Not that , '' Gray protested .