She had shown them! Little snatches of song bubbled up from her lips as she dressed.

She thought she was looking very well.

Excitement brought a faint, becoming pink into her round creamy cheeks, quite drowning out her few freckles, and her hair gleamed with red-brown lustre.

Should she wear crab-apple blossoms in it, or her little fillet of pearls?
After some agonised wavering she decided on the crab-apple blossoms and tucked the white waxen cluster behind her left ear.

Now for a final look at her feet.