"That? that is Holyrood House."
"Holyrood! I have heard of that before; isn't that where Queen
Mary's rooms are? where Rizzio was killed?"
"Yes; would you like to see them?"
"Oh, very much!"
"Drive to the Abbey! So you have read Scottish history, as well as American, Ellen?"
"Not very much, Sir; only the Tales of a Grandfather yet. But what made me say that, I have read an account of Holyrood House somewhere. Uncle "
"Ellen!"
"I beg your pardon, Sir; I forgot: it seems strange to me," said Ellen, looking distressed.
"It must not seem strange to you, my daughter; what were you going to say?"
"I don't know, Sir; Oh, I was going to ask if the silver cross is here now to be seen?"