"I see you know how to talk," said the landlord, smiling. "What is the price?"
"Three dollars and a half."
"That's considerable."
"But you know I'm going to take it out in board."
"Well, that's a consideration, to be sure. A man doesn't feel it so much as if he took the money out of his pocket and paid cash down. What do you say, Mrs. Burton?" addressing his wife, who just then entered the room. "This young man wants to stay here a week, and pay partly in a book he is agent for. Shall I agree?"
"Let me see the book," said Mrs. Burton, who was a comely, pleasant-looking woman of middle age. "What's the name of it?"
"'Scenes in Bible Lands,'" said Walter.
He opened it, taking care to display and point out the pictures.
"I declare it is a nice book," said Mrs. Burton. "Is there a picture of Jerusalem?"