FAIRY PALACE. 99

face all over blushes. ‘ What a sweet
creature!” said the stranger, (for such she
was both to Charles and Rosa) almost
ina whisper: “ this is the good girl I
have heard so much of; and that it is
which makes her so pretty, for naughty
children are always ugly, because they
are always pouting and disagreeable.”
Thus saying, she held out her hand to
Rosa, who in obedience to an expres-
sive glance from Dame Morgan, in-
stantly offered hers, and with an air
of such innocent frankness, that the
lady seemed greatly delighted. “ That
is so prettily done,” said she, with a
smile, ‘* that I feel I must love you
very much.” She then kissed her
cheek, desiring her always to continue
as amiable and obliging as she had
now proved herself; and asked her if

K 2 she