"Maria Edgham never looked half so well in her own mother's time," they said.
Lillian White spoke of it to her mother one Sunday.

She had been to church, but her mother had remained at home on account of a cold.
"I tell you she looked dandy," said Lillian.

Lillian was still as softly and negatively pretty as ever.

She was really charming because she was not angular, because her skin was not thick and coarse, because she did not look anaemic, but perfectly well fed and nourished and happy.
"Who ?" asked her mother.
"Maria Edgham.

She was togged out to beat the band.