"Do you wish to sell it?" asked Ellen.
"Yes," said Mary. "Father said that we might sell it, if we could find any body that would buy it; but now it is broken, I don't suppose that any body will."
"How much do you ask for it?" said Ellen.
"A quarter of a dollar," said Mary.
"Well," replied Ellen, "perhaps I will buy it. If you will bring it round to our house this evening after tea, I will get Antonio to look at it and see if it is worth a quarter of a dollar; or, rather, if it was worth a quarter of a dollar before it was broken——for that will make no difference; and if he says it was, perhaps I may buy it."
"Well," said Mary, "we will."
"Is Beechnut coming to our house this evening?" asked Rodolphus.
"Yes," said Ellen.
The girls seemed much relieved of their distress at hearing this. Mary took up the broken wheel and put it into the cart, saying at the same time,
"Come, Ally, let us carry it home."