That little box plays a great part: it is always taken out with her when she pays a visit--for the sake of conversation it is brought out; all is then looked through, and every article goes the round of the company.

Yes, there are beautiful things to be seen: a little wheelbarrow with a pincushion, a silver fish, and the little yard-measure of silk ribbon." "Yes, and the amber heart!" said Sophie; "the little Napoleon of cast iron, and the officer who is pasted fast to the bottom of the box: that is a good friend in Odense, she lately told to me in confidence." "See what beautiful stone fences the Kammerjunker has made!" said the mother.

"And how beautifully the cherry-trees grow! He is an industrious man!" They approached the garden.

It was laid out in the old French style, with straight walks, pyramids of box, and white painted stone figures: satyrs and goddesses peeped through the green foliage.

You now caught sight of a high tower with a spire; and soon the whole of the old mansion presented itself to view.