"I'll thread it for you, let me. My eyes are bright and sharp," said Johnnie.
"Thank you," she said. "Now, Johnnie, don't you want to know Edith's secret. It is a word of four letters, love. Love to God, and love to everybody else. That makes Edie's good time."
"How can I get it too?" said Johnnie.
"I must tell you some of my verses, I think:
"'Ask, and ye shall receive.
"'Seek, and ye shall find.
"'Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
"'For every one that asketh receiveth.
"'And he that seeketh findeth.