'Have some pepper?' said Eva suddenly, and produced a quaint little pepper-pot from her bag.
'Is this another piece of furniture?' demanded Stella, smiling.
'Yes, it cost a halfpenny,' said Eva.
'It looks it,' said Amy severely.
'It will have to go into the kitchen; I won't eat out of it,' declared Vava, pushing it away with pretended scorn.
'People don't eat out of pepper-pots,' remarked Eva, shaking some on to her plate.
'It's full! Did you get the pepper and all for a halfpenny?' they cried.
But Eva shook the pepper steadily out till her plate was covered and the other three were sneezing. 'You seem to have colds,' she observed at last.
'Eva, you are a perfect plague with your purchases,' said Amy, laughing.
'I got it at a penny bazaar—two for a penny; here is the other,' said Eva, producing a second, and preparing to empty it.