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But I got a good , a very good dinner , and it made me feel some better , and then I haint one to give up to discouragements , anyway . So I put on a little better dress for after noon , and my best bonnet and shawl , and set sail again after dinner . And if I ever had a lesson in not givin ' up to discouragements in the first place I had it then . For whether it wuz on account of the more dressy look of my bonnet and shawl -- or whether it wuz that folks felt cleverer in the afternoon -- or whether it wuz that I had gone to the more discouragin ' places in the forenoon , and the better ones in the afternoon -- or whether it wuz that I tackled on the subject in a better way than I had tackled 'em -- whether it wuz for any of these reasons , or all of 'em or somethin' -- anyway my luck turned at noon , 12 M. , and all that afternoon I had one triumph after another -- place after place did I collect pound or pounds as the case may be -LRB- or collected the promises of 'em , I mean -RRB- . I did splendid , and wuz prospered perfectly amazing -- and I went home feelin ' as happy and proud as a king or a zar . And the next Tuesday evenin ' we had the pound party . They concluded to have it to our house .