Florence looked hurt. "I don't mean you _would_ ask 'em right out. I
just meant: Wouldn't you be liable to kind of hint around an' give 'em a
chance to tell you how much it was? You know perfeckly well it's the way
most the fam'ly do when they give each other somep'n pretty expensive,
Christmas or birthdays, and I thought proba'ly you'd----"
"No. I shouldn't be surprised, Florence, if nobody _ever_ got to know
how much Gamin cost."
"Well----" Florence said, and decided to approach her purpose on a new
tack. "Who was it trained him?"
"I understand that the person who gave him to me has played with him at
times during the few days he's been keeping him, but hasn't 'trained'
him particularly. French Poodles almost learn their own tricks if you
give them a chance. It's natural to them; they love to be little clowns
if you let them."
"But who was this person that gave him to you?"