So Royal went off out of the room.
“Miss Anne,” said Lucy, “how much does a real boat cost?”
“I don’t know, exactly, how much,” said Miss Anne.
“I don’t suppose I should have money enough to buy a boat, even if we had a deep brook to sail it in,” added Lucy.
“I don’t know,” said Miss Anne; “how much money have you got?”
“I have not got but a little; it is a dollar, or else a half a dollar; or a sixpence; I don’t know exactly. Royal has got more than I.”
Miss Anne merely said, “Has he?” and then the conversation dropped. She had just taken her seat at her work table, and began to be busy.
“I wish I knew of some way that I could earn money,” said Lucy. “Do you know of any way, Miss Anne?”
“What did you say?” asked Miss Anne.
“Don’t you know of some way that I could earn money?”