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_The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont_ By Robert Barr * * * * * CONTENTS 1. _The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds_ 2. _The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower_
asked Meg, surprised to see, by her hood and cloak, that lazy Amy
had been out so early.
"Don't laugh at me, Jo! I didn't mean anyone should know till
the time came. I only meant to change the little bottle for a big
one, and I gave all my money to get it, and I'm truly trying not
to be selfish any more."
As she spoke, Amy showed the handsome flask which replaced
the cheap one, and looked so earnest and humble in her little
effort to forget herself that Meg hugged her on the spot, and Jo
pronounced her 'a trump', while Beth ran to the window, and picked
her finest rose to ornament the stately bottle.
"You see I felt ashamed of my present, after reading and talking
about being good this morning, so I ran round the corner and changed
it the minute I was up, and I'm so glad, for mine is the handsomest
now."
Another bang of the street door sent the basket under the sofa,
and the girls to the table, eager for breakfast.
"Merry Christmas, Marmee! Many of them! Thank you for our
books. We read some, and mean to every day," they all cried in
chorus.
_The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont_ By Robert Barr * * * * * CONTENTS 1. _The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds_ 2. _The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower_