"By no means; nothing is too poor, if given in that way. Anything will do; a ribbon, a glove, a broken sixpence. Will you give me something that I may take, and, taking it, may know that your heart is given with it?"
"Take the rule, if you please," she said.
"And about the heart?" he asked.

"By no means; nothing is too poor. Anything will do; a ribbon, a glove, a broken sixpence. Will you give me something that I may take, and know that your heart is given with it?"
"Take the ruler, if you please," she said.
"And the heart?" he asked.
