"Do you think your thoughts are worth anything?" said his grandmother;—"to anybody but yourself?"
"Whose are?" said David.
"Mine are not," said Matilda. She had flushed high, for she saw that the old lady was in earnest; and five dollars was a good deal to her just now.
"Everything is worth what it will fetch, though," said David. "I advise you to close with the offer, Matilda. Five dollars is five dollars, you know."
Matilda's eyes went doubtfully to Mrs. Lloyd.
"Yes," said the old lady smiling. "I will stand to my part of the bargain, if you will stand to yours. But mind, I want all."
"There were so many things," Matilda began; "it would take me a good while to tell them."
"Never mind; we have nothing better to do," said Mrs. Lloyd. "We are at leisure."
"Time's nothing," said Norton, in great amusement.
"At ten dollars or so an hour," added David.