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We have said that Tony Dalton -- tall, dark, and handsome Tony, the pattern officer of his corps -- had promised little Netty Trelawney an Indian necklet. He had duly called with it, and clasped round the neck of the slender girl a gold Champac necklace from Delhi, and it is difficult for those even acquainted with the _chef-d'œuvres_ of the first European jewellers, to imagine the beautiful nature of these necklaces, so called from the flowers whose petals they resemble.
'I know not how to thank you, Captain Dalton, for your kindness to Netty,' said the beautiful widow, with her brightest smile, 'it is much too valuable a present for a child.'