"She looks so innocent, so sweet," said Dolly, fixed before the two pictures.
"Do you think she wasn't?"
"One cannot feel quite comfortable about her. The story is ugly, Mrs. Jersey. But how a woman with that face could do anything fearfully wicked, it is hard to imagine. Poor thing!"
"You are very kind, I am sure, to a person of whom you hold such a bad opinion," said the housekeeper, amused.
"I am sorry for them both," said Dolly. "Life wasn't much good to either of them, I should think."
"Queen Elizabeth had power," said Mrs. Jersey; "and Queen Mary had admiration, I understand."
"Yes, but Elizabeth wanted the admiration, and Mary Stuart wanted the power," said Dolly. "Neither of them got what she wanted."
"Few people do in this world, my young lady."
"Do you think so?"
"Young people generally think they will," said the housekeeper;—"and old people know better."