Bessie had on rose-coloured brocade.

Did you ever hear of such a thing at her age?
She was just as gay and flirtatious as a girl, Charley said, and she sent me some of the cake and a bottle of champagne, which, of course, I didn't touch.
It is a pity she is so loud, for there isn't a kinder heart in the world.

Florrie and Algernon are going to New York on their wedding trip.

Isn't it exactly like Florrie to want to go to all the theatres?
They send you word, by the way, that they are certainly coming to see you and the baby.
And now that I have told all my news, I must write a little about myself, though I am afraid you will be upset by what I am obliged to tell you.

I put it off as long as I could--for I do hate to worry you--but the doctor has just been to see me and he says I must go to Florida immediately to stay until the bad weather is over.