I travelled in Italy with Sir John when we were first married, and we went to Venice, where they go about in gondolas, you know.

You don't wear powder, I see.

No more will Beatrice; though many people think her curls would look all the better for powder.

She has so much hair, hasn't she?
Our last maid dressed it much better than this; but, do you know, she wore Beatrice's stockings before they went to the wash, and we couldn't keep her after that, could we ?' Caterina, accepting the question as a mere bit of rhetorical effect, thought it superfluous to reply, till Lady Assher repeated, 'Could we, now ?' as if Tina's sanction were essential to her repose of mind.

After a faint 'No', she went on.
'Maids are so very troublesome, and Beatrice is so particular, you can't imagine.