The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.

Therefore the safe return of the Roper party was the usual topic of our nightly conclaves in the verandah.

I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug.

Of course she's your aunt Callie. She's married to your uncle Rod. Kelsey threw her head back and laughed. “Then she's a double aunt.” Dana coughed. Do you want some pie? What's a double aunt? Callie tilted her head, a half smile curving her lips. You're married to my Uncle Rod, Dad's brother, and you're also Mom's sister.