"Well, children, this is my last week here."
"Oh, where are you going?" asked Bunny.
"Back home, dear. To New York. And I want you to come and see me there.
Will you?"
"If mamma will let us," said Sue.
"I'll think about it," promised Mrs. Brown.
So Aunt Lu got ready to go back home. And as she walked about with Bunny and Sue, paying last visits to the fish dock, the river and the other nice places, Aunt Lu seemed sad. She looked down at the ground, and often glanced at her finger on which she had worn the diamond ring.
"Sue," said Bunny one day, "I know what makes Aunt Lu so sad."
"What is it?"
"Losing her ring. And I know a way that might make her glad, so she would smile and be happy again."
"What way?"