'They are a monstrous price, you know. You should have heard Lord de la Poer grumble when Addie and Grace had theirs!'
'Fifty pound will do the five, I suppose?'
'I thought there were heavy expenses, and not much ready money.'
'There's enough for that, and I mean it. I shall not know that I have come into my fortune till I have taken home something to show for it.'
'I wonder what Wilmet would say.'
'Wilmet is not my master, and a chit like you had best not try her line. It won't do, with your face and figure.'
Robina could only laugh, and feel that she was still Felix's child, and if he chose to be extravagant she could not stop him.
'Which shall it be?' he continued; 'seal-skins, or silk gowns, or anything of jewellery?'
'Jewellery would last longest, and none of us have got any,' said Robin; 'but I believe you like the seals best.'
'I want to stroke Cherry in one. And wouldn't Wilmet look grand? She hasn't got one, has she?'