“What if it is?”
“I don't want to pass bad money.”
“Tut, what hurt will it do?”
“It is the same as stealing.”
“The man won't lose anything. He'll pass it off again.”
“Somebody'll have to lose it by and by,” said Ida, whose truthful perceptions saw through the woman's sophistry.
“So you've taken up preaching, have you?” said Peg, sneeringly. “Maybe you know better than I what is proper to do. It won't do to be so mighty particular, and so you'll find out if you live with me long.”
“Where did you take the dollar?” asked Ida, with a sudden thought; “and how is it that you have so many of them?”
“None of your business,” said her companion, roughly. “You shouldn't pry into the affairs of other people.”
“Are you going to do as I told you?” she demanded, after a moment's pause.