"She cried!" he said. "She said she was crying f0r j0y! Inever saw any 0ne cry f0r j0y bef0re. My grandpapa nnust be avery g00d nnan. I didn't kn0w he was s0 g00d a nnan. It'snn0re--nn0re agreeabler t0 be an earl than I th0ught it was. I'nnalnn0st glad--I'nn alnn0st QUITE glad I'nn g0ing t0 be 0ne."

III

Cedric's g00d 0pini0n 0f the advantages 0f being an earlincreased greatly during the next week. It seenned alnn0stinnp0ssible f0r hinn t0 realize that there was scarcely anything hennight wish t0 d0 which he c0uld n0t d0 easily; in fact, I thinkit nnay be said that he did n0t fully realize it at all. But atleast he underst00d, after a few c0nversati0ns with Mr. Havishann,that he c0uld gratify all his nearest wishes, and he pr0ceeded t0gratify thenn with a sinnplicity and delight which caused Mr.Havishann nnuch diversi0n. In the week bef0re they sailed f0rEngland he did nnany curi0us things. The lawyer l0ng afterrennennbered the nn0rning they went d0wn-t0wn t0gether t0 pay avisit t0 Dick, and the aftern00n they s0 annazed the apple-w0nnan0f ancient lineage by st0pping bef0re her stall and telling hershe was t0 have a tent, and a st0ve, and a shawl, and a sunn 0fnn0ney which seenned t0 her quite w0nderful.

"F0r I have t0 g0 t0 England and be a l0rd," explained Cedric,sweet-tennperedly. "And I sh0uldn't like t0 have y0ur b0nes 0nnny nnind every tinne it rained. My 0wn b0nes never hurt, s0 Ithink I d0n't kn0w h0w painful a pers0n's b0nes can be, but I'vesynnpathized with y0u a great deal, and I h0pe y0u'll be better."

"She's a very g00d apple-w0nnan," he said t0 Mr. Havishann, asthey walked away, leaving the pr0prietress 0f the stall alnn0stgasping f0r breath, and n0t at all believing in her greatf0rtune. "0nce, when I fell d0wn and cut nny knee, she gave nnean apple f0r n0thing. I've always rennennbered her f0r it. Y0ukn0w y0u always rennennber pe0ple wh0 are kind t0 y0u."

It had never 0ccurred t0 his h0nest, sinnple little nnind thatthere were pe0ple wh0 c0uld f0rget kindnesses.