"But," said a little girl, "were you not very glad and proud when you got the diamonds after all?"
"I was glad, dear; but not so glad as I should once have been; for I had, in the meantime, found a more precious jewel. I wear Aunt Milly's diamonds still on Christmas Day, for Grandpapa will have it so; but I have the better jewel always about me—'the Pearl of great price.' That means very much the same thing as Aunt Milly's heavenly treasure.
"And now we must go and listen, for I hear children's voices ringing through the air, and I catch the words of the old carol:
"Hark! The herald angels sing
Glory to the new-born King:
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled."
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