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Rh, indicating that it was worn in memory of the dead; both knew it well, it was on their mamma's finger yesterday morning. "Oh! Helen, Helen, how thankful I am that my own ring is safe, and that we have both seen it; had I found this at a time when I had retired to think and to pray for poor Arthur, I should have believed my ring was changed in order to warn me of his death; I should, indeed; how could mamma perform so cruel an act towards me, when I am suffering so much?" "She did not think of that, depend upon it; she only meant to swindle you out of the ring, because it is so beautiful and costly." "But she never pulled off her glove, never showed she had such a thing." "She did not, therefore I am the more persuaded she meant to keep it and sell it, in order that she may give an entertainment in honour of Mary; poor Mary, who never got a kind word, or a decent gown, when she was with us, must now be fêted and applauded, because she has married a lord." "Well, Helen, don't blame her for making a piece of work about that, for it is something. I'm sure I wish she was going to do it for your marrying a lord, that I do; but be assured I should never envy you if it please God to give me Arthur,