Phoebe instinctively felt that it might not be so received; she counselled moderation.

"It is a great thing to have earned a diamond," said she: "but 'tis only once in a life.

Now, be ruled by me: go on just as you are.

Sell the diamond, and give me the money to keep for you.

Why, you might add a little to it, and so would I, till we made it up two hundred pounds.