6/10 They dressed themselves according to their rank, or perhaps above it. Many a nobleman's wife in Yorkshire had not such apparel; and even of those so richly gifted, few could have come up to the purpose better. Nobody, unless of their own sex, thought of their dresses when looking at them. He may not have courage to go home tonight. But he ought to have thought of that before." "Poor man! We must offer him a bed, of course," Mrs.Carnaby answered; "but he should have come earlier in the day. |