Shut your eyes now! [Marie does so, as Gertrude holds bouquet to Marie's face.] Now what is it?
Marie.
The tulip-tree! the first blossoms from our manzanillo-tree! It blooms--it blooms!!! [Burying her face in the flowers.]
Gertrude.
Are you glad, Marie?
Marie.
Yes, darling, so glad!!! Thank you!
Gertrude.
And do you know who picked them?--George!