At last Mr. Rogers returned to the subject of "Holly Court," he
wanted to know first what they thought of it. Oh, it was perfect,
said Nancy and Bert together. It was just what they wanted, only--
Good, the agent said. He went on to say that he would have bought
the house himself, but that his wife's father had an old home in
Flushing, and while the old gentleman lived, he wanted them there.
But he belonged to the Marlborough Gardens Club, and kept a boat
there. Now, he had been authorized to put a special price on this
place of Lansings, and he was going to tell them frankly why. They
knew as well as he did that a hundred foot square plot, and trees
like that, so near the water, COST MONEY. He digressed to tell
them just how property had soared in price, during even his own
time.
"The truth is," he said, "that Lansing, when he picked that site,
picked it for trees, and quiet, and view--it didn't make any
difference to him that it was a corner site, and a little out of
the main traffic----"
"But I LIKE that about it!" Nancy said eagerly. "I love the
isolation and the quiet. Nobody will bother us there----"
Bert saw that she was already moving in.
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