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ON HIS WAY THROUGH THE WORLD 389<br />

particularly gracious to the General all the evening ? She wanted<br />

a new gown. <strong>The</strong> truth is, her yellow was very shabby ; whereas<br />

Charlotte, in plain white muslin, looked pretty enough to be able<br />

to dispense with the aid of any French milliner. I fancy a consultation<br />

with Madame and Mrs. Bunch. I fancy a fly ordered,<br />

and a visit to the milliner's the next day. And when the pattern<br />

of the gown is settled with the milliner, I fancy the terror on Mrs.<br />

Baynes's wizened face when she ascertains the amount of the bill.<br />

To do her justice, the General's wife had spent little upon her own<br />

homely person. She chose her gowns ugly, but cheap. <strong>The</strong>re were<br />

so many backs to clothe in that family that the thrifty mother did<br />

not heed the decoration of her own.

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