'You know the words?'
'I seem to have read them—I suppose I have.'
'Then there must be some way of making them true.'
'What is this concern, Pitt?' inquired his father, who had followed them, and was looking at a sort of cabinet which was framed into the wall.
'I was going to invite Miss Frere's attention to it; yet, on
reflection, I believe she is not enthusiastic for that sort of thing.
That is valuable, father. It is a collection of early Greek coins.
Uncle Strahan was very fond of that collection, and very proud of it.
He had brought it together with a great deal of pains.'
'Rubbish, I should say,' observed the elder man; and he moved on, while
Betty took his place.
'Now, I do not understand them,' she said.
'You can see the beauty of some of them. Look at this head of Apollo.'
'That is beautiful—exquisite! Was that a common coin of trade?'
'Doubtful, in this case. It is not certain that this was not rather a medal struck for the members of the Amphictyonic Council. But see this coin of Syracuse; this was a common coin of trade; only of a size not the most common.'