"Considering that the set includes both the Great and the Little Voyages, it couldn't have cost less than twenty times your estimate," said Philip.
"Millard must be richer than I supposed," said the father. "A man ought to have millions to make presents on that scale."
But after supper when Philip and his mother sat on the piazza she said: "I never could tell how things were managed between Charley Millard and Phillida. But since your books came I think I can guess who did it."
"Guess what you please, mother," he said, "I did improve my opportunity once in my life."
THE END.
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