She introduced Nancy to clothes and deportment, and left it at that.

She wanted her child to "look nice." She was able, now that Nancy was five years old, to say that she "looked very nice indeed." II From the very beginning nurses were chosen who would take care of Nancy Boss's appearance.

There was plenty of money to spend, and Nancy was a child who, with her flaxen hair and blue eyes, would repay trouble.

She _did_ repay it, because she had no desires towards grubbiness or rebellion, or any wildnesses whatever.

She just sat there with her doll balanced neatly in her arms, and allowed herself to be pulled and twisted and squeezed and stretched.