"Well, somebody's got to buy it, I suppose?"
"Yes, but it seems to me we oughtn't to do anything till we know whether any of Miss Harden's people will come forward."
"She is the last of her people."
"How about Mr. Jewdwine? He's her cousin."
"On her mother's side."
"Still he's her cousin. I wrote to him ten days ago; and I haven't got any answer as yet."
"What did you say to him?"
"I invited him to step in and buy the library over our heads."
"And how much would he have had to pay for it?"
"Probably more than one thousand two hundred."