Grandmothers and grandfathers and uncles and aunts ...

to love and to coddle lonely little girls.
"You poor child!" said Prudence.
"Then I am old-fashioned.

Is that it?
I thought this very pretty." "So it is, child.

But one changes the style of one's clothes yearly.

Of course, this does not apply to uninteresting old maids," Prudence modified with a dry little smile.
"But this is good enough to travel in, isn't it ?" "To be sure it is.