"Well, what if it is plump ?" said she.

"What is the use of it?
A girl living here in East Westland can never wear a dress to show her neck.

People would think she had gone out of her mind." Rose laughed.

"I have some low-neck gowns," said she, "but I can't wear them, either.

Maybe that is fortunate for me, my neck is so thin." "You will wear them in other places," said Lucy.