Flowers lately introduced that I had never seen, flowers that I knew to be rare, almost priceless--flowers of gorgeous colours and delicate hothouse beauty, lay there in profusion.
"Mr.Jonathan sent for 'em," Betty murmured in my ear.

"There's pounds and pounds' worth lies there.

He give orders accordingly.

There warn't to be a flower 'at warn't worth its weight in gowd a'most.

Mr.
Reginald were that fond of flowers." I made no answer.