"I will put in some of the pretty things you wore while you were here, miss," said Parker. "I know her ladyship would wish it. I don't suppose your trunks will quite hold them all, but I can get in a good many." "Thank you, Parker; I don't care about them now. I am in dreadful trouble about dear uncle." "Of course you must be, miss; but I am sure we are all sorry to lose you, for you do manage her ladyship in the most wonderful way, and I will say that you are as unselfish and pleasant-spoken a young lady as ever I came across. You will find the dresses and other things useful some time, miss, so I will get as many as ever I can into your trunks." Annie murmured something. She would love to keep her pretty dresses; they would be effective at school. She could think of school and her appearance there, and the looks of envy of her companions even at this supreme moment. "Then I will go and pack at once," said Parker, preparing to leave the room. She had nearly got as far as the door when she turned. "By the way, miss," she said, looking at Mabel, "my mistress is quite annoyed about a necklace she bought for you at Interlaken yesterday. She said that it was valuable, although old-fashioned--a pearl necklace set in silver. She thought I had it with the rest of the jewels; but you never gave it to me, Miss Lushington. My mistress said that I was to see it safely in the jewel-case before I went to bed to-night. Where did you put it? Can I get it now, miss?" Mabel was silent. Her voice quite choked with the agony of the moment. Annie, however, took the initiative. "Of course you can, Parker," she said. "It was awfully silly of Mabel not to give you the box that contained the necklace; it was the most idiotic thing I ever heard of.--I am sure, darling, I urged you to do so. But there, no doubt it is safe. You put it into the lid of your big trunk." Mabel nodded. She could not bring herself to speak. "Then we will find it immediately," said Annie. "Notwithstanding my own great sorrow, it will be a comfort to me to know that the necklace is safe under Parker's care before I leave; for the fact is, Parker, it was I who discovered it. I thought it was quite a valuable thing, but I am rather afraid now that Lady Lushington paid too much for it. However, that is neither here nor there; we have got to find it." "Here are the keys of Miss Lushington's trunks," said Parker. She proceeded as she spoke to unlock the largest of the trunks, which happened to be a canvas one, and slightly the worse for travel. "I am very sorry indeed, miss, you put it in here," said Parker. "Why, see how loose the cover is. A person could almost put his hand in between the cover and the inside of the trunk. Well, where did you put it, miss?" "I will find it; I will find it," said Annie.