"Edmund Burton!"
"And the great advantage of it is, that the car is perfectly round, and so whichever way it might happen to turn, it would always be right side up, for every side is the right side!"
"Edmund Burton, you are a genius!"
"But you mustn't tell anybody about it, Aunty, for it hasn't been patented yet."
"Why don't you patent it, Edmund Burton?"
"We think of doing so, Aunty, but it will cost more money than we have just now. The first thing is to get up a model."
"What's that, Edmund Burton?"
"A little one, with tunnel and everything complete, to show how it works. That has to go to the Patent-Office and be put in a glass case."
"And how much will it cost to make a muddle, Edmund Burton?"
"Fay says he thinks one could be made for ten dollars; but I suppose more money would build a better one."