At the bottom of the ribbon stack, her eye caught the gleam of color for which she was searching, and she deftly slipped out a narrow scarf of Roman stripes with a deep black fringe at the end.

Sitting down, she fitted the hat over her knee, picked up the dressing-table scissors, and ripped off the band.

In its place she fitted the ribbon, pinning it securely and knotting the ends so that the fringe reached her shoulder.

Then she tried the hat again.

The result was blissfully satisfactory.