"But what use can I make of it, if it lies in your cabinet?"
"That is what I will explain to you. It would be of no use to you--it
wouldn't be yours at all if it did not lie in my cabinet. Now listen. If
ever you find yourself in any danger--such, for example, as you were in
this evening--you must take off your ring, and put it under the pillow
of your bed. Then you must lay your forefinger, the same that wore the
ring, upon the thread, and follow the thread wherever it leads you."
"Oh, how delightful! It will lead me to you, grandmother, I know!"
"Yes. But, remember, it may seem to you a very roundabout way
indeed,
and you must not double the thread. Of one thing you may be sure,
that
while you hold it, I hold it too."
"It is very wonderful!" said Irene thoughtfully. Then suddenly
becoming
aware, she jumped up, crying--"Oh, grandmother! here I have been
sitting
all this time in your chair, and you standing! I _beg_ your pardon."
Madhuri Noah
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