The Rose and the Ring

ace, with Mrs. Gruffanuff, the governess, holding a parasol over her head, to keep her sweet complexi

he had a great quantity of hair blowing about her chubby little cheeks, and looked as if she had no

ho let you in here?”

said the little gi

sked Princess Angelica, a

now came up, along with their nephew, Prince Giglio, “how kind the Princess is! She met this little dirty wretch in the garden — I can’t tell ho

ant it,” sa

little angel all the sa

I am very pretty?” Indeed, she had on the finest of little dresses and

; and as she ate it she began to sing, “O what fun to have a plum bun! how I wis it never was done!”

ing.” And she ran to a flower-bed, and pulling a few polyanthuses, rhododendrons, and other flowers, made hers

o were your relations, li

lioness my mudder; neber heard of any udder.” And she capered

ge, and I don’t care any more for any of my toys; and I think this funny little di

s darling!” says

tired of,” Angelica went on; “and she shall be my litt

home with you — yes! You pooty Princess!

agined that anybody in the world could be as pretty, as good, or as clever as herself. In order that the little girl should not become too proud and conceited, Mrs. Gruffanuff took her old ragged mantle and one shoe, and put them into a glass box, with a card laid

her mistress, and was always up early and to bed late, and at hand when wanted, and in fact became a perfect little maid. So the two girls grew up, and, when the Princess came out, Betsinda was never tired of waiting on her; and made her dresses better than the best milliner, and was useful in a hundred ways. Whilst the Princess was having her masters, Betsinda would sit and watch them; and in this way she picked up a great deal of learning; for she was always awake, though her mistress was not, and listened to the wise professors when Angelica was yawning or thinking of the next ball. And when the d

head of a warrior, let us say, and when

other accomplishments; and Angelica actually believed that she did these things herself, and received all the flattery of the Court as if every word of it was true. Thus she began to think that there was no young woman in all the world equal to herself, and that no young man was good enough for her. As for Betsinda, as she heard none of th