She has so few pleasures, poor soul, and she is so bitterly disappointed, that I volunteered to take advantage of my professional errand here, to make a very bold request.

Let me first do your excellent sister justice.

She will not hear of the young people being disappointed by any postponement of the wedding, on her account.
And here is the famous necklace, committed to my care, to prove that she is sincere." He took his little traveling-bag from the chair on which he had placed it, and produced the case containing the necklace.

No woman--not even a head-partner in a great house of business--could have looked at those pearls, and preserved her composure.

Mrs.Wagner burst out with a cry of admiration.
Mr.Keller passed the necklace over without notice; his sister was the one object of interest to him.