Who knows
but you might end your days in my factories?"
The boy's eyes sparkled.
"Croyden and Swift--how would that sound?"
"It would sound all right," chuckled Theo, "but I am afraid the sound
would be the best part of it. Why, I'd never be able to learn all you
know about china if I lived to be a hundred years old."
"Aren't you learning things about china right now? Haven't you already
learned about the pottery and porcelain of almost every nation under
the sun?"
"I have liked to have you tell me about it," replied Theo modestly.
"Well, isn't that making a beginning?" queried the pottery
merchant. "We have discussed the china output of almost every country,
haven't we?"
Theo reflected.
"All the big countries except England."
"How did we happen to leave England out?"
"I guess you did not have time to get round to England," answered
Theo. "Still all the time isn't gone yet, you know; you might tell me
about England now."
They both laughed.
"I believe you are something of a diplomat, Theo," observed
Mr. Croyden. "You are either a diplomat or you are a schemer.
Sometimes it is very hard to tell the one from the other.
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