Would you believe it, now?
She is like that nearly every evening, although we have friends dropping in continually.

Of course I don't believe in extravagance, but if a girl has relations who are generous enough to give her the means, I do think that, for their sake, she ought to dress properly.

I think that she owes it to them, as well as to herself." "And out of doors it is positively worse," Selina whispered, impressively.

"I declare," she added, with a simper, "that although nobody can say that I am proud, there are times when I am positively ashamed to be seen out with her.

What she does with her money I can't imagine." Brooks, who was something of a critic in such matters, and had recognized the art of her severely simple gown, smiled to himself.