Still her mother answered, as before, "Of what use would they be to me, Rosamond?"
"You might put flowers in them, mamma, and they would look so pretty on the chimney-piece. I wish I had one of them."
"You have a flower-pot," said her mother, "and that is not a flower-pot."
"But I could use it for a flower-pot, mamma, you know."
"Perhaps if you were to see it nearer, if you were to examine it you might be disappointed."
"No, indeed, I'm sure I should not; I should like it exceedingly."
Rosamond kept her head turned to look at the purple vase, till she could see it no longer.
"Then, mother," said she, after a pause, "perhaps you have no money."
"Yes, I have."
"Dear me, if I had money I would buy roses, and boxes, and buckles, and purple flower-pots, and everything." Rosamond was obliged to pause in the midst of her speech.