“She will think you want to be repaid your five cents,” said Mrs. Briggs, disagreeably.
“I don’t think she will,” said Gilbert. “At any rate I will take the risk.”
“Will you take me with you?” asked Randolph.
“I hardly think it would be proper,” said Gilbert; “but if I have a second invitation I may take the liberty of doing so.”
“Gilbert is right,” said Mr. Briggs.
Randolph was disappointed, and indulged in a sneer at a penniless boy like Gilbert calling on a young lady of high social position. But Gilbert did not choose to notice it.
CHAPTER VI.
HOW GILBERT GOT ON.
When dinner was over, Gilbert found that he was not going to have the pleasure of Randolph’s companionship.
“Where are you going, Randolph?” asked his father, as Randolph was leaving the room.
“I’m going out.”