Finally, she
went away, leaving both her story and her poems in his hands, and with
a large parcel of _Joy-bells_ under her arm.
"I will let you know my decision in a few days," said the editor, with
a very suave smile. "Oh, yes, as to terms, we can talk them over when
I discover if your story is likely to suit me."
Then Jasmine went away trembling with delight.
"Oh, Poppy!" she said, "how very, very happy I am."
CHAPTER XXXIV.
A PLAN.
Mrs. Ellsworthy had by no means forgotten the girls--they had all
three taken her fancy, and, as she said to her husband, she could not
get them out of her head. Arthur Noel, who was a sort of adopted son
of the house, often now brought her information about her favorites,
but the good little lady was impatient to see the girls herself, and
felt much annoyed at not being able to induce Arthur to give her their
address.
"I don't want them to succeed," she said, talking one day to the young
man. "I have plenty of money, more than I really know what to do with,
and I particularly want to spend some of it on these girls. If they
succeed in what they are about they won't want my money, and of course
that is the last thing I wish.
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