And, in short, she went about as dexterously to buy them, as if she had been an old Virginia merchant; only that she bought, by my direction, above twice as much of everything as he had given her a list of.
Et, en somme, elle s'y prit aussi adroitement pour les acheter que si elle eût été un vieux marchand de Virginie, sinon que sur mon indication elle acheta plus du double de tout ce dont il lui avait donné la liste.