Amy liked the idea , and gave her leave to arrange the light closet next her room , hoping it would do her good . `` I wish I knew where all these pretty things would go when Aunt March dies , '' she said , as she slowly replaced the shining rosary and shut the jewel cases one by one . `` To you and your sisters . I know it , Madame confides in me . I witnessed her will , and it is to be so , '' whispered Esther smiling . `` How nice ! But I wish she 'd let us have them now . Procrastination is not agreeable , '' observed Amy , taking a last look at the diamonds . `` It is too soon yet for the young ladies to wear these things . The first one who is affianced will have the pearls , Madame has said it , and I have a fancy that the little turquoise ring will be given to you when you go , for Madame approves your good behavior and charming manners . '' `` Do you think so ? Oh , I 'll be a lamb , if I can only have that lovely ring ! It 's ever so much prettier than Kitty Bryant 's . I do like Aunt March after all . '' And Amy tried on the blue ring with a delighted face and a firm resolve to earn it . From that day she was a model of obedience , and the old lady complacently admired the success of her training . Esther fitted up the closet with a little table , placed a footstool before it , and over it a picture taken from one of the shut-up rooms . She thought it was of no great value , but , being appropriate , she borrowed it , well knowing that Madame would never know it , nor care if she did . It was , however , a very valuable copy of one of the famous pictures of the world , and Amy 's beauty-loving eyes were never tired of looking up at the sweet face of the Divine Mother , while her tender thoughts of her own were busy at her heart . On the table she laid her little testament and hymnbook , kept a vase always full of the best flowers Laurie brought her , and came every day to ` sit alone ' thinking good thoughts , and praying the dear God to preserve her sister .
Esther had given her a rosary of black beads with a silver cross , but XXXXX hung it up and did not use it , feeling doubtful as to its fitness for Protestant prayers .
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