“Couldn’t I go on with the school?”
“Certainly not.”
“I shouldn’t like that. Oh, I couldn’t give up the school and the children!”
“Well—but what would you buy?”
“Books—I should buy books.”
“You can get them at the Free Library for nothing. Do you want fine clothes?”
“Every woman likes to look nice,” she said. “But not fine clothes—I couldn’t wear fine clothes.”
“Then you’d be no better off than you are now. Do you want a carriage?”
“No; I’ve got my bike.”
“Do you want money to give away?”