`` You have forgotten the little black doll , Madame , '' said Little Joyce gravely . Madame threw up her hands , laughing . `` No , no , I shall not take your little black doll of the four thousand years . Keep it for a mascot . A great singer always needs a mascot . But do not , I command you , take it out of the box till I am gone , for if I were to see it again , I might not be able to resist the temptation . Some day I shall show you my dolls , but there is not such a gem among them . '' When Madame Laurin had gone , Grandmother Marshall looked at Little Joyce . `` Come to my room , Joyce . I want to see if we can not find a more becoming way of arranging your hair . It has grown so thick and long . I had no idea how thick and long . Yes , we must certainly find a better way than that stiff braid . Come ! '' Little Joyce , taking Grandmother Marshall 's extended hand , felt very happy . She realized that this strange , stately old lady , who never liked little girls unless they were pretty or graceful or clever , was beginning to love her at last . The Man on the Train When the telegram came from William George , Grandma Sheldon was all alone with Cyrus and Louise . And Cyrus and Louise , aged respectively twelve and eleven , were not very much good , Grandma thought , when it came to advising what was to be done . Grandma was `` all in a flutter , dear , oh dear , '' as she said . The telegram said that Delia , William George 's wife , was seriously ill down at Green Village , and William George wanted Samuel to bring Grandma down immediately .
Delia had always thought there was nobody like Grandma when it came XXXXX nursing sick folks .
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