Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 247
d. of pale blue silk, very richly embroidered,—all herown work, she told me. The skirt hung in fullplaits about her slender figure, and the tight-fittingjacket showed to perfection the exquisitely roundedform, while the loose sleeve, open to the elbow,displayed an arm that might have served as… … A CHINESE NEW YEAR S PARTY. There were three of them—i.e., the old gentlemanswife, an unmarried daughter and the newly weddedwife of the eldest son. The last, I had heard, wasbeautiful, but I was not prepared for such a visionof loveliness as met my view, when the tiny-footed,gentle-spoken…
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