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           TarlatanandtullewerecheapatNice,sosheenvelopedherselfinthemonsuchoccasions,andfollowingthesensibleEnglishfashionofsimpledressforyounggirls,gotupcharminglittletoiletteswithfreshflowers,afewtrinkets,andallmannerofdaintydevices,whichwerebothinexpensiveandeffective.Itmustbeconfessedthattheartistsometimesgotpossessionofthewoman,andindulgedinantiquecoiffures,statuesqueattitudes,andclassicdraperies.But,dearheart,weallhaveourlittleweaknesses,andfinditeasytopardonsuchintheyoung,whosatisfyoureyeswiththeircomeliness,andkeepourheartsmerrywiththeirartlessvanities.

           "IdowanthimtothinkIlookwell,andtellthemsoathome,"saidAmytoherself,assheputonFlo’soldwhitesilkballdress,andcovereditwithacloudoffreshillusion,outofwhichherwhiteshouldersandgoldenheademergedwithamostartisticeffect.Herhairshehadthesensetoletalone,aftergatheringupthethickwavesandcurlsintoaHebe-likeknotatthebackofherhead.

           "It’snotthefashion,butit’sbecoming,andIcan’taffordtomakeafrightofmyself,"sheusedtosay,whenadvisedtofrizzle,puff,orbraid,asthelateststylecommanded.

           Havingnoornamentsfineenoughforthisimportantoccasion,Amyloopedherfleecyskirtswithrosyclustersofazalea,andframedthewhiteshouldersindelicategreenvines.

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