Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 394
were clear and bright, though she wore eye-glasses, which added to her serious expression;but there was more than a suspicion of drollery was her aunts, for that matter. And as Elinormarveled at the gracious dignity which domi-nated the unfashionable garments, she ques-tioned, for the first time in… … JUST IN TIME, AUNTY, SHE SAID. (SEE PAGE 885.) in the curves of her pretty mouth and the tiltof her firm chin. Her vowels seemed aggressively broad, andher morning-dress was undeniably plain—thelimp skirt of two seasons back, and the flan-nel shirt-waist of rather doubtful fit. Awfulstyle,…
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