No, it had stripes in it and something like spots.

Do you suppose it was her petticoat ?" Mr.Gryce brought his hand down on his lame knee and did not seem to feel it.

"Find out where she's gone!" he cried.

"No, I will do it myself." And before the other could recover from his astonishment, he had started for the piazza where he had just seen the proprietor of the hotel take his seat.
"This comes from an old man's folly in thinking he could manage an affair of this kind without help," he mumbled to himself as he went stumping along.

"Had I told Perry whom we were after and how he was to recognize her, I should have spent my time talking with this woman instead of staring at her.