“So he could,” said Jonas. “I think it might be a very good plan.”
“But what shall we have for our cabinet to put them in?” said Rollo.
“Why, sometimes they have something like a book-case,” replied Jonas, “with shelves and glass doors. Then the curiosities are all put upon the shelves, and you can see them through the glass doors. But this can only be done with very valuable curiosities.”
“Why?” asked Rollo.
“Because such a case, with glass doors, costs a good deal of money; and it is not worth while to pay so much money only to keep common things, such as your pebble stones.”
“But we have got such a book-case, already made; it is in mother’s chamber,” said Rollo.
“Yes,” said Jonas; “but it is full of books. Sometimes they keep a museum in the drawers of a bureau; but that is not a very good plan.”
“Why not?” said Rollo.
“Because, when you open and shut the drawers, it joggles the curiosities about.”