33/47 I will rent them to you, Miss Bell, at a rate of 10 per cent. interest; only $250 a year!" "It ought to take more," said Mrs.Bell, "there'll be breakage and waste." "You can't break them, I tell you," said the cheerful visitor, "and dents can be smoothed out in any tin shop--you'll have to pay for it;--will that satisfy you ?" Diantha was looking at her, her eyes deep with gratitude. "I--you know what I think of you!" she said. "I'm not through yet," she said. "Look at my next piece of impudence!" This was only on paper, but the pictures were amply illuminating. |