[Pg 14] [Pg 14] "What is that to do with it? We are running a business, not a Bible class." But Phyllis was pulling a long face. "Aren't we ever to see any of our old friends any more?" Lee and Gay nudged each other and began to tease her. "Dearest Pill," they said, "all will yet be well. There is more than one Geoffrey Plantagenet in the world. You shall have the pick of all the handsome strangers." "Oh, come, now!" said Arthur, "Phyllis is right. Now and then we must have guests—who don't pay." "Not until we can afford them," said Mary. "Has anybody seen the sketch-map that papa made of the buildings?" "I know where it is," said Arthur, "but I can't get it now; because Wow needs my feet for a pillow and at the moment Uncas is very sound asleep." "Can't you tell us where it is?" "Certainly," he said; "it's in the safe. The safe is locked." "And where is the key?" "Just under Uncas." "Very well, then," said Mary, "important[Pg 15] business must wait until Stripes wakes up. Meanwhile, I think we ought to make up our minds how and how much to advertise." [Pg 15] "There are papers," said Eve, "that all wealthy Americans always see, and then there's that English paper with all the wonderful advertisements of country places for sale or to let. I vote for a full-page ad in that. People will say, 'Jove, this must be a wonderful proposition if it pays 'em to advertise it in an English paper.'" Everybody agreed with Eve except Arthur. He
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