The Antique Ring by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Antique Ring by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Germans as bright as a star and curiously set, said Clara Pemberton examining an antique ring which her betroids lover had just presented to her with a very pretty speech. And now is the time for you to fluff up your pillow just how you like it. Feel yourself melt into your bed. Get a real comfortable. Close your eyes and let me read to you. It needs nothing but a story. If you happen to be unacquainted with its authentic history, so much the better. May it not have sparkled upon a queen's finger, or who knows but it is the very ring which posthumous received from