She dashed her white hand across her dry eyes, and Kathleen caught the glitter of a diamond ring flashing like a little sun. In her small, pink ears there were magnificent diamonds, too, and Kathleen began to watch them with fascinated eyes.
"What a beautiful diamond ring! Won't you let me try it on, please?" she asked, humbly.
The blonde, flattered by the admiration for her ring, slipped it off with some difficulty, and allowed Kathleen to take it in her fingers.
She held it up and gazed inside the gold circle, reading aloud:
"'Kathleen Carew!'"
"Why, I never knew before that a name was cut——" began the woman, then bit her lip and checked herself, abruptly.
"Where did you get this ring?" asked Kathleen, excitedly.
"My husband gave it to me."
"And your beautiful ear-rings?"