Nan persisted:
‘Did you ever see the china?’
‘I did’ said Jane Peebles, ‘sights of times.’
‘What kind was it?’
‘Oh, just blue willer pattern,—but there was sights of it.’
‘Then they didn’t have any other kind, white with a gilt edge, for instance?’
‘Wall, up here, blue willer, if it’s the real old kind, is considered good ’nough for most folks.’
‘Why, of course; I only wish I had any half so nice,’ said Rita, politely.
‘Be you a chaney collector?’ asked Widder Luke, with a defiant note.
‘Not at all, oh no; but I do wish we could find out whether they ever did have a gilt-edged set.’