"I wish we could have afforded some of the plate, Rawdon," the wife continued sentimentally. "Five-and-twenty guineas was monstrously dear for that little piano. We chose it at Broadwood's for Amelia, when she came from school. It only cost five-and-thirty then."
"What-d'-ye-call'em--'Osborne,' will cry off now, I suppose, since the family is smashed. How cut up your pretty little friend will be; hey, Becky?"
"I daresay she'll recover it," Becky said with a smile--and they drove on and talked about something else.
"I wish we could have afforded some of the plate," the wife continued sentimentally. "Five-and-twenty guineas was monstrously dear for that little piano. It only cost five-and-thirty when Amelia chose it at Broadwoods."
"Osborne will cry off now, I suppose. How cut up your pretty little friend will be, hey, Becky?"
"I daresay she'll recover," Becky said with a smile - and they drove on and talked about something else.