It was large enough, but distressingly short in the waist, for the Angel had worn it at a party when she was sixteen.

The Bird Woman loosened the sleeves and pushed them to a puff on the shoulders, catching them in places with pins.

She began on the wide draping of the yoke, fastening it front, back and at each shoulder.
She pulled down the waist and pinned it.

Next came a soft white dress skirt of her own.

By pinning her waist band quite four inches above Elnora's, the Bird Woman could secure a perfect Empire sweep, with the clinging silk.