The boy's eyes sparkled.
"Croyden and Swift—how would that sound?"
"It would sound all right," chuckled Theo, "but I am afraid the sound would be the best part of it. Why, I'd never be able to learn all you know about china if I lived to be a hundred years old."
"Aren't you learning things about china right now? Haven't you already learned about the pottery and porcelain of almost every nation under the sun?"
"I have liked to have you tell me about it," replied Theo modestly.
"Well, isn't that making a beginning?" queried the pottery merchant. "We have discussed the china output of almost every country, haven't we?"
"All the big countries except England."
"How did we happen to leave England out?"
"I guess you did not have time to get round to England," answered Theo. "Still all the time isn't gone yet, you know; you might tell me about England now."