'But I can't see it,' she added, looking close to her outstretched hand.
'No.

The thread is too fine for you to see it.

You can only feel it.
Now you can fancy how much spinning that took, although it does seem such a little ball.' 'But what use can I make of it, if it lies in your cabinet ?' 'That is what I will explain to you.

It would be of no use to you--it wouldn't be yours at all if it did not lie in my cabinet.

Now listen.
If ever you find yourself in any danger--such, for example, as you were in this same evening--you must take off your ring and put it under the pillow of your bed.