Six dollars a week for the room and seven for meals, you say.

Thirteen dollars--an unlucky number: Ha, ha! Suppose we call it twelve and dodge the bad luck, eh?
That would seem reasonable, don't you think ?" Thankful shook her head.

"Altogether too reasonable, Mr.Daniels, I'm afraid," she replied.

"I've cut my rates so close now that I'm afraid they'll catch cold in bad weather.

Thirteen dollars a week may be unlucky, but twelve would be a sight more unlucky--for me.