“I don’t—I never knew,” faltered Janice.
“Then where ’s the picture that was in it?”
“I—I took it out,” explained the girl, “not wishing to part with that.”
“That’s just what ye would have done if ye’d not come by it by rights, “replied the man.
“Then I’ll put it back,” hastily offered Janice, very much alarmed and flustered. “I—I never dreamed that—that the picture would make it worth any more.”
“’T would have made it look more regular. How much d’ ye want for it?”
“I thought—Would five pounds be too much?”
The shop-keeper laid the frame down on the counter and shoved it toward Janice. “No, I don’t want it,” he said.
“Would three pounds—?”
“I don’t want it at no such price,” interrupted the man.