"Dell, said he, lets put our Christmas presents away and keep 'em a while. They're too nice to use just at present. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs and now suppose you put the chops on." (O.Henry, 162) I don't think that there are necessary any words in particular that reach out to me in these two sentences frankly because this sentence is at the end of the story and in a way shows the irony of what the love of the two people has done.
I think that these two sentences are important to the story because without it you wouldn't see the great lengths that a couple would go to make each other happy. I mean the women cuts off and sells her precious long hair just to have more money to get something nicer for the man, whereas the man sells his only real possession which is his watch to get the woman the hair pieces she so very much wanted. These sentences show us that in the attempt to do this they both now have basically useless items for the time being because what they were bought to go on or with are now gone.
I just find it interesting and sweet that this couple has that much love for each other that they would sell the one thing that means the most to each other just to see the other one so happy. I mean would you not go and sell the one most important thing you have to make someone else you love so much happy?
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