Read this excerpt from "the gift of the magi" by o. henry. pennies saved one and two at a time by bull-dozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned. what inference can be made about della from this excerpt? della goes grocery shopping every day. della prefers the vegetable man to the butcher. della bargains well in order to save money. della shops for all her groceries at the same store.

The inference that can be made about Della from the above excerpt is that Della bargains well in order to save money.

O. Henry's story "the gift of the magi” is about the theme of love. Della and Jim are the couples who love each other passionately. As the day of the Christmas was approaching, they both became busy to arrange money to buy Christmas gift for each other. Since they were running out of money, they started to save from their daily expenses so that until the day they can buy something for their beloved.

answer: it means that he would rather write than preach.

explanation: its what it says