"Yes, have you got a pond?"
"Yes, and I have a dory. I will take you out on Monday, if you like."
"You have a dory? Did my mother give it to you?"
"No; it was given me by my father."
"I shall ask mother to give me a sail-boat."
"I would like one myself," said Gerald.
"I don't think she will give you one, but I will let you go out with me sometimes," said Abel, in a patronizing tone, which Gerald did not like.
"How did you find your way to the house? Of course you didn't know where it was, as you never were in town before."
"I got a poor boy to walk up with me and carry my valise. I wonder my mother didn't send you down to meet me."
"I would have gone with pleasure," said Gerald, politely.