said Polly, decidedly. "I'd have two hundred, all in a row!" "Two hundred candles!" echoed Joel, in amazement. "My whockety! what a lot!" "Don't say such dreadful words, Joel," put in Polly, nervously, stopping to pick up her spool of basting thread that was racing away all by itself; "tisn't nice." "Tisn't worse than to wish you'd got things you haven't," retorted Joel. "I don't believe you'd light 'em all at once," he added, incredulously. "Yes, I would too!" replied Polly, reckessly; "two hundred of 'em, if I had a chance; all at once, so there, Joey Pepper!" "Oh," said little Davie, drawing a long sigh. "Why, 'twould be just like heaven, Polly! but wouldn't it cost money, though!" "I don't care," said Polly, giving a flounce in her chair, which snapped another thread; "oh dear me! I didn't mean to, mammy; well, I wouldn't care how much money it cost, we'd have as much light as we wanted, for once; so!" "Mercy!" said Mrs. Pepper, "you'd have the house afire! Two hundred candles! who

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	July 4, 2017
ISBN13	9781548555276
Publishers	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages	188
Dimensions	189 × 246 × 10 mm · 344 g
Language	English

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