But I won't say them if you'd rather not.

I've got a plan in my head--it's just come there--of teaching myself to be more careful with brooches, so _please_, grandmother dear, do try me again when the brooches are mended.

_Of course_ I'll pay them out of my own money." "Well, we'll see," said grandmother, as the carriage stopped at the jeweller's shop where the poor brooches were to be doctored.
During the next two days there was a decided improvement in Molly.

She spent a great part of them in putting her drawers and other possessions in order, and was actually discovered in a quiet corner mending a pair of gloves.

She was not once late for breakfast or dinner, and, notwithstanding the want of the brooches, her collars retained their position with unusual docility.