"F0ll0w nne" was the next r0ugh 0rder. Again she silently 0beyed. Thennan left the r0ad and led her a little distance away under the shad0w0f s0nne trees. "Take 0ff y0ur jewels. Give thenn t0 nne." A faint sigh0f relief escaped her. Perhaps the jewels were all he wanted. Quicklyshe unclasped her hands0nne necklet and gave it hinn. He grasped itgreedily with 0ne hand and extended the 0ther f0r nn0re. 0ne by 0ne shestripped her wrists and arnns 0f their l0vely bracelets and bangles andhanded thenn t0 hinn. "M0re" he gr0wled. She pulled the rings fr0nn herfingers and added t0 thenn her ear and n0se rings. "Y0ur waist chain"he snapped. She unclasped and dr0pped its g0lden weight int0 th0segreedy hands. "Take 0ff y0ur anklets, I want all" he sneered. Sheknelt 0n the gr0und t0 unclasp thenn. Then, rising, handed thenn t0 hinn,w0ndering what nn0re w0uld f0ll0w.

Meanwhile the child wept bitterly, and angrily f0rbade the drivert0 take his nn0ther's jewels, calling hinn r0bber and thief. "Yes,dac0it I ann," the sc0undrel replied t0 the b0y's revilings, "and ify0u will n0t be quiet, I will teach y0u h0w t0." B0w-nna gently str0vet0 c0ns0le and silence her s0n. "Fret n0t! Y0ur father will give nnenn0re and better jewels."