"The kitchen is a dear place," said Molly. "See the table with a lobster on it in a dish, and the sweet little cooking-stove, and the pretty blue dishes in the cupboard; they all seem so real."
"See the spice-box," said Julia. "Pepper, nutmeg, c-i-n-n-a-m-o-n, cinnamon."
"Oh, look at that dear little pussy cat in the kitchen!" said Molly. "How much are these cards?" she asked.
"Sixpence each."
"Only sixpence! I don't know which I want the most."
"I should choose the parlour set," said Julia.
"I like the kitchen and the bedroom set the best, because we could have more fun with them."
"We have the same things at threepence a card in a smaller size," the assistant said.
"At threepence a card! Then I can have two of them, Julia! and I can send one of them to Priscilla, for poor Priscilla has spent all her money on fireworks, and hasn't anything to remember me by."
"I should keep them both," said Julia. "If she chose to spend her money on fireworks, that is her lookout. We could have more fun if you had the kitchen and parlour furniture, too."