I've thought it all out.

Both restaurants depend largely on the Overton girls' patronage.
Naturally, they are very dull at Christmas time.

My idea was to interview both proprietors and see if for once they wouldn't combine and furnish the same menu at the same price per plate, the price to be not more than fifty cents.

It must be just an old-fashioned turkey dinner with plenty of dressing and vegetables.

We must have plum pudding, too, and all the things that go with a real Christmas dinner." "But neither Vinton's nor Martell's would serve that sort of Christmas dinner for fifty cents," said Grace slowly.