"Yes but—"
"Well, then."
"Yes, but what would a co-operative inn be?" persisted Anna-Felicitas.
"One run on co-operative lines, of course," said Anna-Rose grandly. "Everybody pays for everything, so that nobody particular pays for anything."
"Oh," said Anna-Felicitas.
"I mean," said Anna-Rose, who felt herself that this might be clearer, "it's when you pay the servants and the rent and the cakes and things out of what you get."
"Oh," said Anna-Felicitas. "And will they wait quite quietly till we've got it?"
"Of course, if we're all co-operative."
"I see," said Anna-Felicitas, who saw as little as before, but knew of old that Anna-Rose grew irascible when pressed.
"See here now," said Mr. Twist weightily, "if that isn't an idea. Only you've got hold of the wrong word. The word you want is profit-sharing. And as this undertaking is going to be a big success there will be big profits, and any amount of cakes and salaries will be paid for as glibly and easily as you can say your ABC."