Over Bethlehem;
In the little cradle,
With the ox in the stable,
A baby fair
It was brightest there!"

"Now is _that_ all of it?" Marmaduke asked her.

"Oh, there's lots more, but I'll sing just the last part for
tonight"--and she told him the end:

"And in Mother's eyes,
Just as bright as the skies."

Marmaduke thought she was right in the last part of the song, anyway.
Of course, he didn't understand exactly what it was all about, but it
was a very pretty song, and he would think it over in the morning. But
then his curiosity got the better of him.

"What did you come down here for?"

"Oh, I saw the light in your window," she explained, "and I thought
maybe it was a little lost star. You see, we have to look out for
them. When we do find a star that has lost its way we take it back--"

"Do you stick it up there with a pin?"

This question seemed to strike her as very amusing, and she laughed.
And when she laughed it sounded like church bells far, far off, or the
voice of the Brook.