His manner was so entirely non-provocative that her resentment for a moment dropped.
"What's changed you since yesterday ?" she persisted.

"What is it that you don't like about us, anyway?
What do you want us to do ?" Burton sighed.

He would have given a great deal to have been able to prevaricate, but he could not.

It was the truth alone which he could speak.
"I should like you," he said, "to take down your hair and throw away all that is not real, to wash it until it is its natural color, to brush it hard, and then do it up quite simply, without a net or anything.

Then I should like you to wash your face thoroughly in plain soap and water and never again touch a powder-puff or that nasty red stuff you have on your lips.