The Old Lady 's hands trembled a little , and one side of a handkerchief , which was afterwards given as a Christmas present to a little olive-skinned coolie in Trinidad , was not quite so exquisitely done as the other three sides . Sylvia at first talked of the Circle , and Mrs. Marshall 's dahlias , and the Old Lady was in the seventh heaven of delight , though she took care not to show it , and was even a little more stately and finely mannered than usual . When she asked Sylvia how she liked living in Spencervale , Sylvia said , `` Very much . Everybody is so kind to me . Besides '' -- Sylvia lowered her voice so that nobody but the Old Lady could hear it -- `` I have a fairy godmother here who does the most beautiful and wonderful things for me . '' Sylvia , being a girl of fine instincts , did not look at Old Lady Lloyd as she said this . But she would not have seen anything if she had looked . The Old Lady was not a Lloyd for nothing . `` How very interesting , '' she said , indifferently . `` Is n't it ? I am so grateful to her and I have wished so much she might know how much pleasure she has given me . I have found lovely flowers and delicious berries on my path all summer ; I feel sure she sent me my party dress . But the dearest gift came last week on my birthday -- a little volume of my father 's poems . I ca n't express what I felt on receiving them . But I longed to meet my fairy godmother and thank her . '' `` Quite a fascinating mystery , is n't it ? Have you really no idea who she is ? '' The Old Lady asked this dangerous question with marked success . She would not have been so successful if she had not been so sure that Sylvia had no idea of the old romance between her and Leslie Gray . As it was , she had a comfortable conviction that she herself was the very last person Sylvia would be likely to suspect .
Sylvia hesitated XXXXX an almost unnoticeable moment .
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