'
'Poulter has been very good to me. He taught me to play on it,' said
Lance; 'that is, he showed me a little; but Robin made me lock it up
and give her the key all last spring, for fear of hindering my
mugging; and I can't touch her now, so she has been very little use
to me. I promised Poulter, and I think he should have her. Besides, I
want the money slick at once. It's no good sticking it in a window to
wait for some one to give what it is worth.'
John marvelled what need of money could have come upon the boy in the
last twenty-four hours, but he was too discreet a friend to take
advantage of necessity to ask questions, and said, 'The fact was, I
was thinking of running up to town to get a sewing-machine for your
sister, but if I start by the earlier train, I can see Poulter on the
way, and if he does not want it himself, he can tell me where to
dispose of it to the best advantage.'
'Only it must be ready money,' said Lance; it must be owned with
scarcely the alacrity of gratitude John deserved. 'If it didn't make
much difference, I wish Poulter could have her, for then I should
sometimes see her and handle her again, and I think he would use her
well.
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