"Always."
"Oh, thank you, grandmother! It's prettier than anything I ever saw,
except those--of all colors--in your--Please, is that your crown?"
"Yes, it is my crown. The stone in your ring is of the same sort--only
not so good. It has only red, but mine have all colors, you see."
"Yes, grandmother. I will take such care of it!--But--" she added,
hesitating.
"But what?" asked her grandmother.
"What am I to say when Lootie asks me where I got it?"
"_You_ will ask _her_ where you got it," answered the lady smiling.
"I don't see how I can do that."
"You will though."
Madhuri Noah
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