I, supposing the said colander to be a pan with the usual bottom, took it in my lap and held it for an hour while I sorted the berries.

Result: a hideous stain a foot and a half in diameter, to say nothing of the circumference.

Mr.
Greenwood suggested oxalic acid.

I applied it, and removed both the stain and the dress in the following complete manner;" and Polly put her brilliant head through an immense circular hole in the front breadth of the skirt.
"It 's hopeless, is n't it?
for of course a patch won't look well," said Margery.
"Hopeless?
Not a bit.

You see this pretty yellow and white striped lawn?
I have made a long, narrow apron of it, and ruffled it all round.