That made Belle fire up, and say it was a mean thing to do without offering some return for a costly thing like that; and then Belle said, in her blunt way, 'I 'll give Fan all she paid for it, and more, too, if it will be any help to her.

I don't care for the dress, but I 'd like to slip a little money into her pocket, for I know she needs it and is too good to ask dear Mr.Shaw for anything she can get on without.'" "Did she say that?
I 'll give her the dress, and not take a penny for it," cried Fan, flushing up with mingled anger toward Trix and gratitude to Belle.
"That won't suit her; you let me manage it, and don't feel any shame or anxiety about it.

You did many a kind and generous thing for Belle when you had the power, and you liked to do it; now let her pay her debts, and have the same pleasure." "If she looks at it in that way, it makes a difference.

Perhaps I 'd better the money would be an immense help only I don't quite like to take it." "Kings and queens sell their jewels when times are hard or they get turned off their thrones, and no one thinks it anything amiss, so why need you?
It 's just a little transaction between two friends who exchange things they don't want for things which they do, and I 'd do it if I were you." "We 'll see about it," said Fan, privately resolving to take Polly's advice.
"If I had lots of things like Fan, I 'd have an auction and get all I could for them.

Why don't you ?" asked Maud, beginning on her third bonnet.
"We will," said Polly, and mounting a chair, she put up, bid in, and knocked down Fan's entire wardrobe to an imaginary group of friends, with such droll imitations of each one that the room rang with laughter.
"That 's enough nonsense; now we 'll return to business," said Polly, descending breathless but satisfied with the effect of her fun.
"These white muslins and pretty silks will keep for years, so I should lay them by till they are needed.