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"Yes; that is of course too But which do you like best, of

the two? I suppose you have some preference"

"Mamma, I think I prefer the pearls, but you know -"

Maoose!" she said,

- "I a of? I supposed we both had the saht, Daisy,

and that you would understand ht it was pearls and rubies, mamma"

"Well, now you know it is not; and again I come back to my

question, - Which is it to be?"

"Which - of what,of any choice that I have to make, ma'am, if

you do not mean about jewels; and of them, as I said, I should

prefer neither"

"Youjewels," saidsos it is

necessary to make a choice and stick to it"

"Yes, mamma; but I am not in such a necessity"

"What choice have you , Daisy;

only I want to know Do you not think it is reasonable that I

should know?"

"Please explain yourself, h Marshall, then, and Charles De Saussure What is your

mind about them?"

"I like them, mamma, as your friends and as mine, - very well,

- but no more"