6/37 'I don't know what it is about that hat, but it's awful nice somehow Distinctive, if you know what I mean. I think when you get it home you'll like it awful well--' Who would refuse a hat after such a recommendation ?" "Who indeed! Oh, they're a hearty people. Has Jean got the fur coat she coveted ?" "She hasn't. It was a great disappointment, poor child. She was so excited when she saw them being brought in rich profusion, but when she tried them on all desire to possess one left her: they became her so ill. |