38/51 "You might have asked ME something about it. Now, what have you done? And she told me, too," Trina went on indignantly, "that she knew the owner, and she was sure we could get the house for thirty if we'd bargain for it. Now what have you gone and done? And now I WON'T take it, with the water in the basement and all." "Well--well," stammered McTeague, helplessly, "we needn't go in if it's unhealthy." "But you've signed a PAPER," cried Trina, exasperated. |