"Very well, dear; we will go and see Mr Somers."
They turned their steps, therefore, in the direction of the Adelphi, where, along a modest terrace, Koko did dwell.
Presently Dora said: "What friends did you go to see last night, Rose?"
"Oh, some old friends of ours--not at all grand. He is a bookseller."
"I suppose he has all the new novels. I wonder if he ever reads them!"
"He doesn't have any new novels, Dora. He is a second-hand bookseller. He deals in all sorts of old books."
"Oh!" said Dora. "Mr Somers is very fond of collecting old books, isn't he?"
"Yes, he has found some very good ones in the twopenny boxes--you know--the boxes which they mark 'THIS LOT 2d.'"
Dora laughed.
"Does Mr Somers go routing about for old books in those boxes?"