“I never thought of that,” said Eileen.
“No, of course you didn’t. It takes a man to think of those things. It’s a good thing for you I’m here. Why, that’s the very first thing you should have thought of.”
“No, not the first,” said Eileen.
“What, then?” he demanded.
“Collecting the money, of course.”
“Oh, any fool would know that!” answered Willie; “so you’re not so smart as you think.”
“We’d better put it on a little tray,” said Eva.
“Or a little bag,” said Mollie.
“Oh, no, loose! Let’s have it loose,” said Willie, “so’s it’ll look a lot and we can hear it clink.”
“Do you think so?” asked Mollie. “I think we ought to have it in a little purse, like a purse of sovereigns.”