Mr Jack Hamlin's Mediation w/ Direct link technology (A Western Adventure tale)

This was quite true, not only of the expressman, but of the butcher
and baker, and the "candlestick-maker," had there been so advanced
a vocation at the cross roads. All were equally and curiously
attracted by her picturesque novelty. Mrs. Rylands knew this
herself, but without vanity or coquettishness. Possibly that was
why the other woman told her. She only slightly deepened the lines
of discontent in her cheek and said abstractedly, "Well, when he
comes, YOU ask him."