“The trouble with him,” said Warde, “he’s been commercialized.”
“Repeat that word,” said Ed.
“Commercialized,” said Warde.
“Go to the head of the class and take a slap on the wrist,” said Ed.
“It means kind of spoiled by money and being famous and all that,” said Warde.
“I’ll take your word for it,” said Ed. “It’s a mighty nice word, I’ll say that.”
“There are people trying to commercialize boy scouts, too,” said Warde.
“Not if we see ’em first,” said Westy.
“If we get killed, we’ll get killed for love,” said Ed. “We won’t take any money for it—not even a tip.”
“Let’s all make a solemn vow that we won’t carry canes,” said Warde.