From such wealth it seemed impossible to choose, yet some choice must be made.

One banner would hold only one motto, and even Oscar, with all his enthusiasm, could scarcely hope to have thirty-five banners for the sake of using them all.

Aunty must help him decide, and already before this last afternoon they had had at least a dozen consultations on the subject, in which they had gradually succeeded in reducing the number of candidates to three.

And now the final selection must be made, and Oscar and his aunt could not agree upon it.

His aunt wanted him to make his own choice, but he was not willing to decide against her opinion; yet he could not give up his own; he hoped by farther argument to bring her over to his side.
"Now, aunty," he said, when the door was safely locked, "we must settle this about the motto.