\" Mrs. Welland had explained, with a conciliatory side-glance at her future son-in-law.
\"Old-fashioned eyes? I hope you don't mean mine, my dear? I like all the novelties,\" said the ancestress, lifting the stone to her small bright orbs, which no glasses had ever disfigured. \"Very handsome,\" she added, returning the jewel; \"very liberal. In my time a cameo set in pearls was thought sufficient. But it's the hand that sets off the ring,
\" Mrs. Welland had explained, with a conciliatory side-glance at her future son-in-law.
\"Old-fashioned eyes? I hope you don't mean mine, my dear? I like all the novelties,\" said the ancestress, lifting the stone to her small bright orbs, which no glasses had ever disfigured. \"Very handsome,\" she added, returning the jewel; \"very liberal. In my time a cameo set in pearls was thought sufficient. But it's the hand that sets off the ring,
