Let us rest a minute here , and while I eat a few , please pull some of those flowers for Mamma . She likes a wild nosegay better than any I can bring her from the garden . '' Lillian ate her nuts till Paul came to her with a hatful of late flowers and , standing by her , held the impromptu basket while she made up a bouquet to suit her taste . `` You shall have a posy , too ; I like you to wear one in your buttonhole as the ladies ' grooms do in the Park , '' said the child , settling a scarlet poppy in the blue coat . `` Thanks , Miss Lillian , I 'll wear your colors with all my heart , especially today , for it is my birthday . '' And Paul looked up at the blooming little face with unusual softness in his keen blue eyes . `` Is it ? Why , then , you 're seventeen ; almost a man , are n't you ? '' `` Yes , thank heaven , '' muttered the boy , half to himself . `` I wish I was as old . I sha n't be in my teens till autumn . I must give you something , Paul , because I like you very much , and you are always doing kind things for me . What shall it be ? '' And the child held out her hand with a cordial look and gesture that touched the boy . With one of the foreign fashions which sometimes appeared when he forgot himself , he kissed the small hand , saying impulsively , `` My dear little mistress , I want nothing but your goodwill -- and your forgiveness , '' he added , under his breath . `` You have that already , Paul , and I shall find something to add to it . But what is that ? '' And she laid hold of a little locket which had slipped into sight as Paul bent forward in his salute . He thrust it back , coloring so deeply that the child observed it , and exclaimed , with a mischievous laugh , `` It is your sweetheart , Paul . I heard Bessy , my maid , tell Hester she was sure you had one because you took no notice of them .
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