"Yes. The gas in it wasn't much good unless you got a fresh one."
"Sure. Sky-high. I've seen 'em go clean out of sight when you got a fresh one."
"Nobody uses them here, do they?"
"Here? No, it wouldn't be allowed. A spy could send a message by one of those toy balloons."
"Oh," nodded Maryette thoughtfully.
Smith shook his head:
"No, children wouldn't be permitted to play with them things now, Maryette."
"Then there are not any toy balloons to be had here in Sainte Lesse?"
"I rather guess not! Farther north there are."