`` I have no parents , '' said the bewildered Little Joyce . `` I belong to Grandmother Marshall , and she is out driving . '' `` Then I shall wait until your Grandmother Marshall comes home from her drive , '' said Madame Laurin decidedly . Half an hour later a very much surprised old lady was listening to Madame Laurin 's enthusiastic statements . `` How is it I have never heard you sing , if you can sing so well ? '' asked Grandmother Marshall , looking at Little Joyce with something in her eyes that had never been in them before -- as Little Joyce instantly felt to the core of her sensitive soul . But Little Joyce hung her head . It had never occurred to her to sing in Grandmother Marshall 's presence . `` This child must be trained by-and-by , '' said Madame Laurin . `` If you can not afford it , Mrs. Marshall , I will see to it . Such a voice must not be wasted . '' `` Thank you , Madame Laurin , '' said Grandmother Marshall with a gracious dignity , `` but I am quite able to give my granddaughter all the necessary advantages for the development of her gift . And I thank you very much for telling me of it . '' Madame Laurin bent and kissed Little Joyce 's brown cheek . `` Little gypsy , good-by . But come every day to this hotel to see me . And next summer I shall be back . I like you -- because some day you will be a great singer and because today you are a loving , unselfish baby . '' `` You have forgotten the little black doll , Madame , '' said Little Joyce gravely . Madame threw up her hands , laughing .
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