`` Was that the miracle ? '' asked Jack , forgetting all about his slippers , as he watched Jill 's eyes brighten and the color come up in her white cheeks . `` That was the miracle , and Patience can work far greater ones if you will let her . '' `` And the girl 's name was Lucy ? '' `` Yes ; they did not call her a saint then , but she was trying to be as cheerful as a certain good woman she had heard of , and so the queen had that name for her , though she did not let her know it for a long time . '' `` That 's not bad for a Sunday story , but there might have been more about the princes , seems to me , '' was Frank 's criticism , as Jill lay very still , trying to hide her face behind the carnation , for she had no words to tell how touched and pleased she was to find that her little efforts to be good had been seen , remembered , and now rewarded in this way . `` There is more . '' `` Then the story is n't done ? '' cried Jack . `` Oh dear , no ; the most interesting things are to come , if you can wait for them . '' `` Yes , I see , this is the moral part . Now keep still , and let us have the rest , '' commanded Frank , while the others composed themselves for the sequel , suspecting that it was rather nice , because Mamma 's sober face changed , and her eyes laughed as they looked at the fire . `` The elder prince was very fond of driving dragons , for the people of that country used these fiery monsters as horses . '' `` And got run away with , did n't he ? '' laughed Jack , adding , with great interest , `` What did the other fellow do ? '' `` He went about fighting other people 's battles , helping the poor , and trying to do good . But he lacked judgment , so he often got into trouble , and was in such a hurry that he did not always stop to find out the wisest way . As when he gave away his best coat to a beggar boy , instead of the old one which he intended to give . '' `` I say , that is n't fair , mother ! Neither of them was new , and the boy needed the best more than I did , and I wore the old one all winter , did n't I ? ''
asked XXXXX , who had rather exulted over Frank , and was now taken down himself .
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