'He is everything to me,' answered Evangeline quietly.
'Why do you look so red?' asked Mary, staring into her face.
'Do I look red?' said Evangeline.
'Very,' answered Mary, 'and now you're redder than ever. Sister Agatha,' Mary went on, 'says you can do everything you like, and I know you can, because you brought me here, you see.'
'Not quite everything,' said Evangeline.
'Sister Agatha says you have a lot of magic counters,' answered Mary. 'She says they're flat, round, yellow things that you give to people to make them do what you like.'
'Ah! well,' said Evangeline, 'they will make people do a good many things that would please you very much. Suppose we try!'
'Yes,' answered Mary, 'I should like that.'
'Then you shall tell me what you want,' said Evangeline, 'and we will see whether we can make it come. Now,' she exclaimed, 'what should you like to have first?'