[Mary Marston by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookMary Marston CHAPTER XXIX 6/11
However well you might look in that, you would owe it no thanks. The worst is, I know nothing of the London shops." "I should think not!" remarked Folter, with emphasis. "I would send you in the brougham, if I thought it was of any use," said Hesper.
"Folter could take you to the proper places." "Folter would be of no use to me," said Mary.
"If your coachman knows the best shops, that will be enough." "But there's no time to make up anything," objected Hesper, despondingly, not the less with a glimmer of hope in her heart. "Not like that," answered Mary; "but there is much there as unnecessary as it is ugly.
If Folter is good at her needle--" "I won't take up a single stitch.
It would be mere waste of labor," cried Folter. "Then, please, ma'am," said Mary, "let Folter have that dress ready, and, if I don't succeed, you have something to wear." "I hate it.
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