I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.

I had a nice little half-iron bed painted with some kind of golden bronze paint, and a white dresser and a white chair. Babe bought them at a secondhanded store.

Separate the articles from the headings.

… the error originated in a mistaken transcription, as the locomotive involved was No. 61271 (a B1 4-6-0), not No. 61771.