Hugh peeped closer. "Let me read the outside, mother; perhaps it explains."
"Perhaps it does," said his mother, still showing only the black page.
"Well, what next? as we can't make that out," said Alice, who was looking on with her arms twined round her sister Agnes.
Mrs. Headley opened the next leaf, and they found it deep red.
"How strange," said Hugh; "is this difficult to learn, mother?"
Mrs. Headley smiled thoughtfully, and answered. "Not so hard as the other; oh, not half so hard—for us!"
"And the next?" said Agnes, with a tender light in her gentle eyes.
"Pure white!" exclaimed Alice; "and I believe Agnes guesses."
"What next, mother?" asked Hugh; "for I suppose you do not mean to tell us the meaning yet?"
"Gold!" exclaimed Minnie. "How lovely it looks! Is this difficult to learn, mother?"