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"I should not wonder We shall see"

"You will be dressed in an hour?"

"In less time Shall I hite or blue?"

"Pale blue and white flowers There are some white violets in the library I have a red rose We shall contrast each other very well"

"What is it all about? Do we really care hoe look in the eyes of this Mr Mostyn?"

"Of course we care We should not be women if we did not care We must make some sort of an impression, and naturally we prefer that it should be a pleasant one"

"If we consider the e is not in it"

"Good-by Tell Mattie to bring me a cup of tea upstairs I will be dressed in an hour"

The tea was brought and drank, and Ethel fell asleep while her maid prepared every item for her toilet Then she spoke to her mistress, and Ethel awakened, as she always did, with a sn of a radically sweet te went in accord with the s waves, her dress into its raceful folds; the sapphire necklace matched the blue of her happy eyes, the roses of youth were on her cheeks, and white violets on her breast She felt her own beauty and was glad of it, and with a laughing word of pleasure went down to the parlor

Mada before the fire, but when she heard the door open she turned her face toward it

"Come here, Ethel Rawdon," she said, "and let me have a look at you" And Ethel went to her side, laid her hand lightly on the old lady's shoulder and kissed her cheek "You do lookwell," she continued, "and your dress is about as it should be I like a girl to dress like a girl--still, the sapphires Are they necessary?"

"You would not say corals, would you, grandave me when I was three years old"

"Keep your wit, ht need it Fred Mostyn is rather better than I expected It was a great pleasure to see hiain When you are a very old wos sweeter, Ethel"

"But you are not an old worandmother"