Little by little the story was told. Mr. Cabot began it and continued it until Giusippe, who thought him too modest, finished the tale. "You see, senorita, Mr. Cabot, Miss Jean, and good Hannah will not themselves tell you how kind they have been, so I myself must tell it," said the boy. "And now I go with them to find a position in America that by hard work I may some time be able to repay them for their goodness to me." Miss Cartright nodded thoughtfully. At last she said: "If you should come to New York I want to see you, Giusippe. There might be something I could do to help you. Anyway, I should want to have a glimpse of you. And if you do not come and Mr. Cabot does, perhaps, since he knows how fond of you I am and how much I am interested in your welfare, he will come and tell me how you are getting on." She drew from her purse a card which she handed to the lad. "Perhaps I'd better take it, Giusippe," Mr. Cabot said in a low tone. "It might get lost." Then there was a confusion of farewells, and the girl rejoined her friends, who had gone through into the next room. It was not until she was well out of ear-shot that any one spoke. Then Jean, who had been silent throughout the entire interview, exclaimed: "Oh, isn't she beautiful! Isn't she the very loveliest lady you ever saw, Giusippe?" And Giusippe, answering in voluble English mixed with Italian, extolled not only the fairness but the goodness of his goddess. Even Hannah agreed that the American girl was charming, but regretted that she had not come from Boston instead of New York. Uncle Bob alone was silent. Turning the white card in his fingers he stood absently looking at the door through which Miss Ethel Cartright had passed. CHAPTER VI UNCLE BOB AS STORY TELLER Uncle Bob and his party remained in France several weeks, and during that time visited the old French cathedrals with their interesting windows; and saw in the Louvre much glass of early French make as well as many beautiful Venetian mirrors with all sorts of unique histories. One mirror was that famous seventeenth century possession of Marie de Medici, a looking-glass set in a frame which represented a fortune of over thirty thousand dollars. This mirror was of rock crystal combined with cut and polished agates, and around it was a network of enameled gold. Outside this inner frame was a larger one formed entirely of precious stones. Three large emeralds as well as smaller diamonds and rubies adorned it.