| 1 | My wife is terrific at any kind of sewing. | |
| 2 | The lonely patient derives pleasure from sewing. | |
| 3 | What could have put it in my head, but the glistening of a tear as it dropped on her work? | |
| 4 | She was sitting in the alcove, her task of work on her knee, her fingers assiduously plying the needle. | |
| 5 | It was a wonderful piece of needlework, with patterns of gold thread around the letter, but the material was now worn thin with age. |