"Would you take a handsome profit on these chairs?"
"You look at that lac cabinet, and you won't want to buy chairs."
Hunsaker did look at the lac cabinet, and the girl beside it, softly rubbing its polished surface. He crossed to her, smiling.
"On a Charles the Second stand," added Quinney. "The inside is as beautiful as the outside—more so. I'll show it to you. Where's the key?"
He addressed Posy, but she pretended not to hear him.
"Where's the key?" he repeated.
"I saw it yesterday," said Posy quietly. Her heart began to beat uncomfortably, as she thought of her letter in the middle drawer.
"Can you see it now, missie? Is it on the floor?"
Hunsaker interrupted:
"Please don't trouble. Is that screen Chinese?"