"I will decide in a day or two and let you know," added Talbot.
When he went home he could not help boasting a little of his proposed purchased.
"Mary," he said, "what should you say if I bought a house?"
"In Brooklyn?"
"No I must live here in New York. My business will be here."
"I thought New York property came high, Mr. Talbot."
"So it does but I propose to go high."
"I suppose you will have to pay as much as twenty thousand dollars for a desirable house."
"Twenty thousand dollars! what are you thinking of?"
"Why, our house in Syracuse was sold for ten thousand dollars, and I thought you might have to pay twice as much here."