“Does he?” said Jonas.
“Yes,” replied Henry. “He says you made the cabinet for him, and he will have it.”
“O, well,” said Jonas, “let him be cabinet keeper; he will make a very good cabinet keeper.”
“No,” said James, “we want you to be cabinet keeper. We chose you.”
They saw Rollo at the door of the barn, looking at them, but not very good-naturedly. When they came up, Lucy said,
“Come, Rollo, let Jonas be cabinet keeper; that’s a good boy.”
“No,” said Rollo, “it’s my cabinet, and I mean to keep it myself.”
“Then we won’t help you get the curiosities,” said Henry.
“I don’t care,” said Rollo.
“And we won’t have any society,” added James,—thinking that that threat would compel Rollo to give up.