"Wasn't there no birds?" asked Sally.
"Yes, gold ones, and there's flowers of gold and cherubims of gold. All gold and silver and precious stones."
"Was Solomon a good man?" asked Sally.
"He's said to be the wisest king that ever was known. He had a thousand wives."
"Oh, my!" cried Sally, and would have continued the theme, but that Seth deemed it prudent to change the subject.
[CHAPTER XV.]
Mrs. Chester's recommendation to Seth Dumbrick to give the Duchess and Sally a day in the country was weighing heavily upon his mind. That it would do the Duchess good there could not be a shadow of doubt, and it was certain that she required a change of some sort; for although she was now better and moving about, her steps were languid, and there were no signs of a return to her old elasticity of spirits. Day after day Seth watched in vain for symptoms of vigour in the Duchess, and the more he watched, the more he was troubled.
"She's well," he said to the doctor, "but she doesn't get strong."
"She wants iron," said the doctor; and he gave her iron, but it did not improve her. Then the doctor said that the child wanted fresh air.
"Can I get it in bottles?" asked Seth, with melancholy humour.