More discreet than Sister Prudy.

Praise could no farther go! An agreeable surprise awaited her at Aunt Maria's.
"Please accept with my love," said Grace, giving her a tiny box.
Dotty opened the box, and found, enveloped in rose-colored cotton, a beautiful gold ring, dotted with a pearl.
"I was the thief, Cousin Dotty.

I hope you will excuse the liberty I took in going to your trunk." "So it is my own oyster pearl," cried Dotty.

"O, I never was so glad in my life.".