"Too much! I shall be idle half the time, at this rate. Here I am, with my day's work done at three o'clock in the afternoon. I don't want you to do anything, mother, but take care of the house, as you always used to do."
"There will certainly be no need of it, if you get along as well as you expect. How much will such a boat as you want cost, Paul?"
"Well, I don't know; when I buy I want to get a first-rate one."
"How much do you think."
"Fifty to seventy-five dollars; but I won't think of such a thing yet a while. The old one will do very well for the present. I can save up something every week, and little by little, I shall make up enough to get just such a boat as I want."
"You might take the money from the life insurance; for Mr. Freeman will perhaps sell us the house, if we pay nine hundred dollars down."
"I won't do that, mother. My boat shall be bought with my own earnings."
"I will lend you the money, then."
"No, I won't get in debt."