"I didn't expect to pay over ten dollars."
"We can give you this style for ten dollars."
"No, I want the latest—to please the lady."
"Humph!" muttered Dick. "You'll never please Mrs. Stanhope with any ring."
"Eleven dollars is the lowest we can take."
"And when will the rings be ready for me?"
"Day after tomorrow. We might do them quicker, but we have a great deal of engraving ahead."
"Day after tomorrow will do, for I do not wish them until next week," answered Josiah. "Here is my card. I am stopping at the American House in this city."
"Yes, sir. Do you want the rings sent?"
"No, I will call for them," concluded the ex-teacher, and hurried from the place. Sam and Tom saw him coming, and dodged out of sight around the corner.