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have to think of all the possible bands and hardening appliances that can be brought into use for the occasion." "I do not understand," I said. "No; I suppose not. That is the worst of it." "But why am I an _Egyptian_ glass?" I asked. "I am not very old." The doctor gave me one of those quick, bright glances and smiles that were very pleasant to get from him and not very common. There came a sort of glow and sparkle in his blue eye then, and a wonderful winsome and gracious trick of the lips. "It is a very doubtful sort of a compliment," said Mrs. Sandford. "I did not mean it for a compliment at all," said the doctor. "I don't believe you did," said his sister; "but what _did_ you mean? Grant, I should like to hear you pay a compliment for once." "You do not know Egyptian glass," said the doctor. "No. What was it?" "Very curious." "Didn't I say that you couldn't pay compliments?" said Mrs. Sandford. "And unlike any that is made nowadays. There were curious patterns wrought in the glass, made, it is supposed, by the fusing together of rods of glass, extremely minute, of different colours; so that the pattern once formed was ineffaceable and indestructible, unless by the destruction of the vessel which contained it. Sometimes a layer of gold was introduced between the layers of glass." "How very curious!" said Mrs. Sandford. "I think I must take you into consultation, Daisy," the doctor went on, turning to me. "It is found that there must be a little delay before you can go up to take a look at Melbourne. Mrs. Sandford is obliged to stop in New York with a sick sister; how long she may be kept there it is impossible to say. Now you would have a dull time, I am afraid; and I am in doubt whether it would not be pleasanter for you to enter school at once. In about three months the school term will end and the summer vacation begin; by that time Mrs. Sandford will be at home and the country ready to receive you. But you shall do whichever you like best." "Mrs. Sandford will be in New York," I said. "Yes." "And I would see you constantly, dear, and have you with me all the Saturdays and Sundays and holidays. And if you like it better, you shall be with me all the time; only I should be obliged to leave you alone too much." "How long does the summer vacation last?" I inquired. "Till some time in September. You can enter school now or then, as you choose." I thought and hesitated, a
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