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`` Dennis gets low wages , Bernard is in the mill , and there are two younger boys . She takes in gentlemen 's laundering , as you know . She was wishing she could rent out the store , but no one wants it . Now , if it could be altered into an attractive coffee-room , kept neat and bright , and -- you will laugh at me , no doubt -- but given a kind of style , -- the cups clean and shining , the spoons decent , and some nice bread and butter for noon lunches . All this at a moderate price . The men pay five cents for their pint of ale , and it is often shared by two : they must not give more than three cents for their cup of coffee . '' `` I suppose you mean that we are to plan it all out for her , '' said Sylvie , and she looked across at Miss Morgan .