"Bert Bobbsey!" she exclaimed, "these MUST be the same as Miss
Pompret's! Why they have the blue lion on, and the circle of gold, and
the letters 'J. W.' and--and everything!"
"Yes, I saw that, too," agreed Bert. "But still they might not be the
same dishes."
"Oh, dear!" sighed Nan. "And we paid all that money, too!"
"Oh, I guess they must be the same," put in Nell. "Anyhow, you can take
'em to the hotel and ask your mother."
"Yes, mother might know," agreed Nan.
"And if she says those dishes aren't the ones you want, why we can take
'em back and the man will give us our money," said Billy.
"Oh, he'd never do that!" declared Bert.
"Well, we can ask him," went on the Washington lad.
"Maybe the dishes are Miss Pompret's, after all," said Bert. "I was just
s'posin'. And if they aren't, why we can give 'em to Dinah for
souvenirs. I was going to get her something anyhow."
"But they cost a lot of money," objected Nan.
"Well, Dinah is awful good to us," said Bert. "And she'd like these
dishes if they aren't Miss Pompret's."
"But I do hope they are," sighed Nan. "Think of a whole hundred
dollars!"
"It would scare me to get all that money," said Nell.
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