‘How delightful! But suppose they don’t go up.’
‘Well, they can’t go down. I should not think that a share at four shillings and ninepence could go down very much. There is no room. But it may go up to any extent.’
‘Besides, your friend said that they would go up.’
‘Yes, he seemed quite confident about it. Well, what do you think, Maude? Is it good enough or not?’
‘O Frank, I hardly dare advise you. Just imagine if we were to lose it all. Do you think it would be wiser to get a hundred shares, and then we could buy twenty-five pounds’ worth of Royal Bonanza as well. It would be impossible for them both to go wrong.’
‘The Royal Bonanza shares are dear, and then we have had no information about it. I think we had better back our own opinion.’
‘All right, Frank.’
‘Then that is settled. I have a telegraph-form here.’
‘Could you not buy them yourself when you are in town?’
‘No, you can’t buy things yourself. You have to do it through a broker.’