But she looked very much pleased, nevertheless; and so, I have no doubt, did I.We cut the string, we tore off the first thick covering.

The present, whatever it might be, was securely wrapped a second time in finer brown paper and carefully tied.
"It's _very_ carefully done up," said I, cutting the second string.
"It must be something nice," said Polly, decisively; "that's why it's taken such care of." If Polly's reasoning were just, it must have been something very nice indeed, for under the second wrapper was a third, and under the third was a fourth, and under the fourth was a fifth, and under the fifth was a sixth, and under the sixth was a seventh.

We were just on the point of giving it up in despair when we came to a box.

With some difficulty we got the lid open, and took out one or two folds of paper.

Then there was a lot of soft shavings, such as brittle toys and gimcracks are often packed in, and among the shavings was--a small neatly-folded white-paper parcel.