CONCERNS GABRIELLE'S SECRET Along the cloister they went to the great hall, where Walter's mother advanced to greet her.

Full of regrets at the girl's inability to attend the dance, she handed her the missing bracelet, saying, "It is such a curious and unusual one, dear, that we wondered to whom it belonged.
Brown found it when she was sweeping my boudoir this morning.

Take it home to your mother, and suggest that she has a stronger clasp put on it." The girl held the golden snake in her open hand.

This was the first time she had ever seen it.

A fine example of old Italian workmanship, it was made flexible, with its flat head covered with diamonds, and two bright emeralds for the eyes.