Frank Churchill, ‘Miss Woodhouse’s opinion of the instrument will be worth having.’⁠—But, said I, I shall be more sure of succeeding if one of you will go with me.⁠—‘Oh,’ said he, ‘wait half a minute, till I have finished my job;’⁠—For, would you believe it, Miss Woodhouse, there he is, in the most obliging manner in the world, fastening in the rivet of my mother’s spectacles.⁠—The rivet came out, you know, this morning.⁠—So very obliging!⁠—For my mother had no use of her spectacles⁠—could not put them on. And, by the by, everybody ought to have two pair of spectacles; they should indeed. Jane said so. I meant to take them over to John Saunders the first thing I did, but something or other hindered me all the morning; first one thing, then another, there is no saying what, you know. At one time Patty came to say she thought the kitchen chimney wanted sweeping. Oh, said I, Patty do not come with your bad news to me. Here is the rivet of your mistress’s spectacles out. Then the baked apples came home, Mrs. Wallis sent them by her boy; they are extremely civil and obliging to us, the Wallises, always⁠—I have heard some people say that Mrs.