"Did ye get skates, Specks?"
"Nope."
"Gosh, I'm sorry fur that. I got two pairs. Mebbe—Aunt Judith?"
"Yes, Jimsy?"
"Would ye mebbe mind me givin' Specks a pair o' skates? Mr. Middleton he ain't so Christmasy as you an' Uncle Ab—"
Specks swallowed hard and accepted this and the skates. But he could not forbear at least one shaft of triumph.
"I got a sled, Jimsy!"
"Huh!" said Jimsy. "So did I. Two of 'em."
It was too much. The street urchin in Specks came to the fore in a mighty wave of envy.
"Gawd!" he gulped.