“An’ we’ve got no money to buy ’em anywhere, anyway,” said Henry.
“S’pose we couldn’t wait for ’em till Saturday?” suggested Douglas tentatively.
He was promptly crushed by the Outlaws.
“Wait!” said Ginger. “Wait! Wot’s the use of waitin’? We may be doing something else on Saturday. We mayn’t want to play with marbles—all that long time off.”
“’F only you’d save your money,” said William severely, “’stead of spendin’ it the day you get it we shun’t be like this—no marbles, an’ swep’ out of his shop an’ nothing to play at.”
This was felt to be unfair.
“Well, I like that—I like that,” said Ginger. “And wot about you—wot about you?”
“Well, if I was the only one, you could have lent me money an’ we could get marbles with it—if you’d not spent all your money we could be buyin’ marbles now ’stead of standin’ swep’ out of his shop.”
Ginger thought over this, aware that there was usually some fallacy in William’s arguments if only one could lay one’s hand on it.
Henry turned away.