There was a gold bag, too; but that was a detail, for
really the principal thing he had called for was a ring with a single
diamond in it--and perhaps--well, yes--that little sapphire band to keep
it on a slender finger.
The rings, in their delicate cases, he put into his pocket when he had
paid; but the other purchases were to go in that very same now which had
been impressed upon the florist; the sort of now to which Riviera
shopkeepers are accustomed only when they deal with Americans.
Then Madame's sister was found, and a blue hat; and there was just time
left for a frantic rush to a toyshop, round a corner and up a hill.
Perhaps Doll Evie might be jealous of one rival, but there's safety in
numbers; and Hugh thought that a dozen assorted sizes, from life-size
down, would keep a doll's house from echoing with loneliness. As for the
presents for the Eze children, Rosemary was to choose them herself by
and by; but all these special things were to be served up, so to speak,
at the Hotel Pension Beau Soleil with early breakfast.
When he had finished,--which means, when he had bought everything he
could think of--Hugh looked at his watch.
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