They went in, and he asked: "What would you prefer--a necklace, a
bracelet, or a pair of earrings?"
The sight of the trinkets in gold, and precious stones overcame her
studied coolness, and she scanned with kindling and inquisitive eyes the
glass cases filled with jewelry. And, suddenly moved by desire, said:
"That is a very pretty bracelet."
It was a chain of quaint pattern, every link of which had a different
stone set in it.