"Which would Mademoiselle choose if she had her will?" asked Esther, who always sat near to watch over and lock up the valuables
.
"I like the diamonds best, but there is no necklace among them, and I'm fond of necklaces, they are so becoming. I should choose this if I might," replied Amy, looking with great admiration at a string of gold and ebony beads from which hung a heavy cross of the same.
"I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace. Ah, no! To me it is a rosary, and as such I should use it like a good Catholic," said Esther, eyeing the handsome thing wistfully.
"Is it meant to use as you use the string of good-smelling wooden beads hanging over your glass?" asked Amy.
"Truly, yes, to pray with. It would be pleasing to the saints if one used so fine a rosary as this, instead of wearing it as a vain bijou."
This conversation between Amy and Aunt March’s maid, Esther, suggests to the reader that ____.
Esther is a devout Catholic.
Esther prefers plain clothing to fancy jewelry.
Esther thinks the Marches are godless.
Esther dislikes Aunt March.
