Better that, though it was distasteful to her feminine economy, than the other alternative of setting the servants to search, and thereby telling them something of what had been done.
When her search was over, she placed the ring on the mantelpiece; but she knew that it would not do to leave it there,--so she folded it up carefully in a new sheet of note-paper, and put it in the drawer of her desk. After that she sat herself down at the table to think what she would do; but her head was, in truth, racked with pain, and on that occasion she could bring her thoughts to no conclusion.
Then she folded the ring up carefully in a sheet of note-paper, and put it in the drawer of her desk. After that she sat down at the table to think; but her head was racked with pain, and she could bring her thoughts to no conclusion.