Page:Carroll Rankin--Dandelion Cottage.djvu/244

 220  "How much?" asked Mr. Downing, suppressing a smile, for Mabel was never more amusing than when she was very angry.

"Five cents a roll—thirty-five cents altogether."

Mr. Downing gravely reached into his trousers' pocket, fished up a handful of loose change, scrupulously counted out three dimes and a nickel and handed them to Mabel, who, with averted eyes and chin held unnecessarily high, accepted the price of the Blossom wall-paper haughtily, and following the others, stalked from the office.