'I shall put on my diamonds,' said Mirelle.
'What diamonds?'
'My mother's.'
'I did not know you had them.'
'Yes, I kept them with my own things, in my own box. When my mother died they were committed to me.'
'You cannot wear diamonds; a girl in England does not put on jewelry.'
'I am going to wear them.'
Then Mirelle opened a little case, and drew from it a coronet and a necklace of diamonds.
'Fasten the crown about my head,' she said; 'I can put the necklace on myself.'
Orange stepped back in astonishment. She had never seen anything so beautiful.