Nobody would buy such a thing.

It seems strange to pa and me that, although so many of our people have been abroad, they have such strange ideas of art.

Do you remember the beautiful marbles in the palaces at Florence, Mr.Ellery?
Of course you've seen them ?" The minister was obliged to admit that he had never been abroad.
"Oh, is that so?
I've been so many times with pa that it seems almost as if everybody was as familiar with Yurrup as I am.

You remember what I said about the marbles, pa ?" Her parent nodded.
"Hum--ha! Oh, yes, yes," he said.

"That was when I was in the fruit-carrying trade and made a voyage to Valenchy." "Valencia, pa," corrected Annabel.