To her great delight her granny's taste agreed with her, and the wreath and the hat and a piece of white ribbon were put aside together.
"Now," laughed Mrs.Dawson, "I've got to get her another for every day.

That's a pretty fine thing! I reckon you think there's no bottom to my purse!" "Now, Mrs.Dawson, you won't regret spending that money, I am sure," said the attendant coaxingly; "and this one shan't cost more than eighteenpence, trimming and all," and she produced a big shady-brimmed, flexible straw, for which was shown as trimming a pretty soft flowered ribbon, to be loosely twisted around the crown.
Then came a length of blue serge for a warm dress, and two pieces of print, one with blue flowers all over it, and the other with pink ones.

Jessie thought them both perfectly lovely, and while they were being chosen she slid off her chair and went and leaned against her grandmother.

She did not feel at all afraid of her now; she felt that she wanted to kiss her for all her kindness, and to tell her how grateful she was.

She did not do that, she was still too shy, but Mrs.Dawson seemed to understand, for she put her arm very fondly about her, and drew her very close.
"Now, if only you could sew," she said, "you'd be able to help me finely with all this, but I s'pose I shall get it done somehow.