Somebody bring 'em in, and I buys 'em, or my wife she buys 'em.
How can I tells so long ago?"
"Oh, well, maybe we might take 'em for the girls to have a play party
with their own set of dishes," went on Billy. "But I wish you had a toy
ship. How much for these dishes--this sugar bowl and pitcher?"
"How much? Oh, I let you have these very cheap. They is worth five
dollars--very rare china--very thin but hard to break. These is a good
bargain--a great bargain. You shall have them for--two dollars!"
Chapter XXI
Just Suppose
Nan Bobbsey gave gasp, just as if she had fallen into a bath tub full of
cold water. Bert quickly glanced at his friend Billy. Nell had hurried
over to the other side of the room to stop Flossie from pulling a pile
of dusty magazines from a shelf down on top of herself. Billy seemed to
be the only one who was not excited.
"Two dollars?" he repeated. "That's a lot of money." "What? A lot of
money for rich childrens? Ha! Ha! That's only a little moneys!" laughed
the man, rubbing his hands.
"We aren't rich," said Bert. "And I don't believe we have two dollars."
He was pretty sure he and Nan had not that much, at any rate.
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