THE APPLE TREE GIRL
in his eyes when he thinks nobody is noticing him," she thought one night. "I suppose it's because he's so awfully rich; he's always had everything he wants and he soon gets tired of things. And perhaps if—if he had me, he'd soon get tired of me too. …"
She drew a deep sigh. "Neil wasn't that way," she thought. "I'd never have to worry about Neil."
"It's all so different down here," she continued. "Down here all the sums seem to be in money and things like that, but up home—! Now, take Perry. If he wants to enjoy himself he's got to be dressed just so, and he's got to have his car and somebody to amuse him, and he's got to have a lot of money in his pocket, and then go somewhere and spend it. If he had nothing except one old suit of clothes and was dropped suddenly in a strange country somewhere without any money, and was told to enjoy himself, he wouldn't have the least
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