It proved
to be just the least bit dearer than an ordinary sewing machine,
and it's sold on terms. And any one who can sew a little on a
common machine can learn this art in an hour. And there's a great
number of charming original designs. And the main thing is that
such work is very readily taken for fire-screens, albums, lamp-
shades, curtains and other rubbish, and the pay is decent."
"After all, that's a sort of a trade, too," agreed Lichonin, and
stroked his beard in meditation. "But, to confess, here's what I
wanted to do. I wanted to open up for her ... to open up a little
cook-shop or dining room, the very tiniest to start with, of
course, but one in which all the food is cheap, clean and tasty.
For it's absolutely all the same to many students where they dine
and what they eat. There are almost never enough places to go
round in the students' dining room. And so we may succeed,
perhaps, in pulling in all our acquaintances and friends,
somehow."
"That's true," said the prince, "but impractical as well; we'll
begin to board on credit. And you know what accurate payers we
are.
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