Five dollars is a good deal for some of us.

Not all of the fifteen can afford so much.

I don't believe I could; nor you, Napoleon, could you ?" Napoleon's face grew sober, but he said nothing.
"Oh, well! let only those pay then who can," said d'Hebonville.
"Who, then, will take part in your feast ?" demanded Napoleon.
"Why, all of us, of course," replied d'Hebonville.
"At the feast, or in giving the money," queried Mabille.
"At the feast, to be sure," d'Hebonville answered.
"Come, now; we should have no feeling in this matter," cried des Mazes.
"We will decide for you, Mabille." "Old Bauer must not dream that there are any of his class who do not share in the matter," said Comneno.

"That would be showing a preference, and a preference is never fair." "And do you wish, then," said Mabille, "that old Bauer should be under obligation to me, for example, who can pay little or nothing toward the feast ?" "Certainly; to you as much as to the richest among us," said d'Hebonville.
"Bah!" cried Napoleon.

"That would imply a sentiment of gratitude toward my masters; and I, for one, have none to this Professor Bauer." "Some one to see Napoleon Bonaparte," said a porter of the school, appearing at the door of the schoolroom.