It was a cover for his book-table that I happened to be ornamenting. It had been laid by on the night preceding my sad journey and never resumed. I showed it to him now, and he admired it highly. After I had explained the pattern to him and all the great effects that were to come out by and by, I thought I would go back to our last theme.

It was a cover for his book-table that I happened to be embroidering. I showed it to him now, and he admired it highly. After I had explained the pattern to him, I thought I would go back to our last theme.
