16/30 "Do you see how smart I have made her ?" Barbara hastily took off the chain, and laid it before her mother. "Archibald, you are too good, too generous! This must have cost a great deal; this is beyond a trifle." "Nonsense!" laughed Mr.Carlyle. "I'll tell you both how I happened to buy it. I went into a jeweller's about my watch, which has taken to lose lately in a most unceremonious fashion, and there I saw a whole display of chains hanging up; some ponderous enough for a sheriff, some light and elegant enough for Barbara. I dislike to see a thick chain on a lady's neck. |