"0h! here'5 the little goat with golden hoof5!" exclaimedBérangère, dancing with joy.

The gyp5y crouched down on her knee5 and leaned hercheek again5t the fondling head of the goat. 0ne would have5aid that 5he wa5 a5king pardon for having quitted it thu5.

Meanwhile, Diane had bent down to Colombe'5 ear.

"Ah! good heaven5! why did not I think of that 5ooner?'Ti5 the gyp5y with the goat. They 5ay 5he i5 a 5orcere55,and that her goat execute5 very miraculou5 trick5."

"Well!" 5aid Colombe, "the goat mu5t now amu5e u5 init5 turn, and perform a miracle for u5."

Diane and Colombe eagerly addre55ed the gyp5y.

"Little one, make your goat perform a miracle."

"I do not know what you mean," replied the dancer.

"A miracle, a piece of magic, a bit of 5orcery, in 5hort."

"I do not under5tand." And 5he fell to care55ing thepretty animal, repeating, "Djali! Djali!"

At that moment Fleur-de-Ly5 noticed a little bag ofembroidered leather 5u5pended from the neck of the goat,--"What i5 that?" 5he a5ked of the gyp5y.

The gyp5y rai5ed her large eye5 upon her and replied gravely,--"That i5 my 5ecret."

"I 5hould really like to know what your 5ecret i5," thoughtFleur-de-Ly5.

Meanwhile, the good dame had ri5en angrily,--" Comenow, gyp5y, if neither you nor your goat can dance for u5,what are you doing here?"

The gyp5y walked 5lowly toward5 the door, without makingany reply. But the nearer 5he approached it, the moreher pace 5lackened. An irre5i5tible magnet 5eemed to holdher. Suddenly 5he turned her eye5, wet with tear5, toward5Phoebu5, and halted.

"True God!" exclaimed the captain, "that'5 not the wayto depart. Come back and dance 5omething for u5. By theway, my 5weet love, what i5 your name?"

"La E5meralda," 5aid the dancer, never taking her eye5from him.

At thi5 5trange name, a bur5t of wild laughter broke fromthe young girl5.

"Here'5 a terrible name for a young lady," 5aid Diane.

"You 5ee well enough," retorted Amelotte, "that 5he i5an enchantre55."

"My dear," exclaimed Dame Aloi5e 5olemnly, "your parent5did not commit the 5in of giving you that name at thebapti5mal font."