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After the dessert the waitress appeared again with a trayful of parcels, done up in the most fascinating way, in tissue paper and dainty ribbons. This, too, was always a part of the farewell feast, and Marjorie gave a little sigh of satisfaction, as the well-filled tray was placed before her. "That's mine! Open mine first!" cried Rosamond, as Marjorie picked up a good-sized bundle.
These fancies often roused Lady Rosamond to a sense of her duty with wholesome effect. This mark of royal favor was not lost upon Lady Rosamond. Her Majesty expressed a wish to receive the king's favorite among the ladies of her household. But the tearful eyes of the beautiful matron forbade any further mention. The German propensities of Queen Adelaide would not force any measure thus proposed.
She took it and pinned it on her, and told me to be a good child. It was rather puzzling, though, for the other people laughed and I was sure I'd made a mistake of some sort. I felt horridly uncomfortable." "Didn't your sister know what she meant?" inquired Rosamond, sinking back into her cushions again.
Hungerford rose deliberately Caroline offered her arm. "Yes, my dear child, let me lean upon you." They walked slowly after the young party Rosamond followed. "I am afraid," said Mrs. Hungerford, as she leaned more upon Caroline, "I am afraid I shall tire you, my dear." "Oh! no, no!" said Caroline, "not in the least."
The hands met, and Rosamond perceived in the failing light a very fine-looking maiden, with a superbly carried head and neck, simply dressed in gray cloth. "Are you sheltering here, or are you sketching?" she asked, seeing some paper and drawing materials. "I was giving a lesson. See," exhibiting some bold outlines on large paper. "Does not my pupil do me credit?" "Very spirited," said Rosamond.
When they were even with them, Rosamond bowed formally and in a high and very affected voice she exclaimed, "Why, Muriel, how do you do?" Sally called a careless hello, and Eleanor, too full of laughter to dare speech, only nodded. It was Phyllis that gave a little gasp of astonishment that was repeated in turn by the boy.
But a deeper-lying consciousness that he was in fault made him restless, and the silence between them became intolerable to him; it was as if they were both adrift on one piece of wreck and looked away from each other. He thought, "I am a fool. Haven't I given up expecting anything? I have married care, not help." And that evening he said "Rosamond, have you heard anything that distresses you?"
Rosamond clasped her shoe, and ran after her mother: it was not long before the shoe came down at the heel, and many times was she obliged to stop, to take the stones out of her shoe, and often was she obliged to hop with pain; but still the thoughts of the purple flower-pot prevailed, and she persisted in her choice.
When all were finished, they presented them to their new friends, who were greatly delighted, saying they had never seen such beautiful ones. Rosamond and her mother continued to mould, not only vases, but little images, which were very much sought after by all the villagers.
"It is pretty for all that, and it cost a great deal of money too, and nobody shall have any like it, if they cried their eyes out." Laura received this declaration in silence Rosamond smiled; and at her smile the ill-suppressed rage of the spoiled child burst forth into the seventh and loudest fit of crying which had yet been heard on her birthday.
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