You need not read them aloud -- I can imagine them all . Let me know what she says about the chest . '' Aunt Winnifred opened and read the letter and laid it down with a brief sigh . `` This is all she says about the chest . ` If it were not for one thing that is in it , I would ask you to open the chest and burn all its contents . But I can not bear that anyone but myself should see or touch that one thing . So please leave the chest as it is , dear Aunt . It is no matter if the moths do get in . ' That is all , '' continued Mrs. DeLisle , `` and I must confess that I am disappointed . I have always had an almost childish curiosity about that old chest , but I seem fated not to have it gratified . That ` one thing ' must be her wedding dress . I have always thought that she locked it away there . '' `` Her answer is just what I expected of her , '' said Grandmother impatiently . `` Evidently the years have not made her more sensible . Well , I wash my hands of her belongings , moths or no moths . '' It was not until ten years afterwards that I heard anything more of the old chest . Grandmother Laurance had died , but Aunt Winnifred still lived at the Grange . She was very lonely , and the winter after Grandmother 's death she sent me an invitation to make her a long visit . When I revisited the garret and saw the old blue chest in the same dusty corner , my childish curiosity revived and I begged Aunt Winnifred to tell me its history . `` I am glad you have reminded me of it , '' said Mrs. DeLisle .
`` I have intended XXXXX open the chest ever since Mother 's death but I kept putting it off .
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