"Don't make any mistake, Dell," he said, "about me. I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less. But if you'll unwrap that package you may see why you had me going at first." (O.Henry pg.162)
I particularly like this quote in the story, because it gives you a sign of what's to come. All along throughout the story you know that this couple has hardly any money. And you know that they love each other and would sacrifice most precious thing for each other. So when he says this after seeing her hair has been cut off, you know that maybe what he bought was for her hair. And knowing that they have no money, mostly likely he did indeed sell his watch to pay for the present, not knowing that she sold her hair to pay for a chain for his watch. It's just irony at it's best.
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