She stood on tiptoe and peered over the shelves.
"Well, not a great deal, Miss Wide-awake," said the shopkeeper dropping into her manner and mood. "You see there's lots of children around this year as don't keep wide-awake all night, and Santa Claus has had to look after 'em quite considerable. I can't tell you how many sleighs full of things he's taken away from this here very shop. He didn't leave nothing but them things you see and the very expensive things in the cases. He said they were too high-priced for him."
He actually gave Livingstone a wink, and Livingstone actually felt flattered by it.
The reply recalled Kitty to her business. She turned to Mr. Livingstone.
"How much money have you got to spend?" she asked.
"Umhm—I don't know," said Livingstone.
"As much as a dollar?"
"Yes."
"More?"
"Yes."