"Pray, Mr.Dunn, did you ever happen to notice certain brass, or copper, or bronze tables, four in number, in front of the Bristol Exchange!" "Ay sure, maister!" "Well, I'll insense you into the meaning of that, presently.

That, my good sir, is where the old women stood in the good old times, crying out, 'Here you are! sovereigns a penny a measure!' And that's the reason people used to be so rich!" "Oh, Frank! now I know that's only your nonsense," said Alfred.
"Well, I can't give you a comprehension, and if I could buy you one, I couldn't afford it," answered Frank.

"Now here's my place for any one; Louis, I'll make you a present of it, as I don't want it." "I don't want to buy any thing," said Louis.
"Rubbish!" cried Frank.

"Every one does.

Don't be stingy." And so Louis allowed himself to be pushed and pulled into the crowd, and bought something he would much rather have been without, because he found it inconvenient to say _no_.
The two upper classes were privileged to use the largest of the class-rooms as their sitting-room in the evenings; and here Reginald introduced his brother after tea; and, when he had shown him his lessons, began to prepare his own.