Part 5 (1/2)
Co with her eyes closed, he exclaimed loudly and suddenly in her ear: ”Belinda, Belinda!
Mademoiselle Cerise has on a dress precisely like yours!”
”No!” she said, and opened her eyes in a azed around anxiously for Madeht before her and looked at her as adoringly as he kne
”Oh, Belinda,” he said, ”how I love you!”
”Do you?” said she with great surprise ”Well, you don't love me more than I love you”
”You make me very happy,I love you? Have I not told you so before?”
”I thought you were quizzing,” she answered
”The sad expression of ,”
he replied
”How could I tell what your expression hen I never saw it?” she asked with some reproach
”You did not see it because you always closed your eyes when I spoke to you,” he replied ”What ht a moment
”It was merely a habit I had fallen into,” said she
”You should never become a slave to a habit,” replied the curly-headed Sailor-Lad He spoke reprovingly, as he thought of his many heart-aches
She did not like to be reproved, so she changed the subject
”You made a mistake,” she said ”Mademoiselle Cerise's dress is very pretty, but it is not _precisely_ like er and a little louder, and the color is lighter and a little harsher”
”Well, perhaps,” said the Sailor-Lad He spoke very cheerful now, he felt in such good spirits
”I alad that the Sailor-Boy was happy at last,” said the little girl ”I was afraid Belinda never meant to open her eyes”
”It certainly looked like it at one tiht in the end, for she opened the”
”I wonder why she kept the”
”I wonder,” reflected the little Marionette And she smiled
”Force of habit, I suppose, as she herself said,” she remarked after a pause ”We all have our little ways Nohat sort of story would you like to-ht deeply for a few moments Then she said: ”You have told me a story about a sailor, so I should like the next one to be about a soldier”
”A soldier--a soldier--” the Marionette answered ”I don't think I know one about a soldier--Yes, stay; there is the story of the Officer and the Elephant That is about a soldier”