None of these symptoms appeared, however, and all began to congratulate themselves that the infection had been avoided.

There was a burst of warm weather at the beginning of July, which made the hill breezes of Dunheath highly acceptable.

It was too hot during the daytime to play active games; the girls lounged about under the shade of the trees, and read the illustrated papers with which they were kept plentifully supplied.
"I've never really had time before to study the toilet hints," said Beatrice Howell one afternoon, poring over a certain page headed "My Lady's Boudoir." "It seems to me that we ought to take our complexions more seriously.

We actually wash our faces with soap and water, and 'Lady Veronica' says here that that's an absolutely suicidal practice for delicate skins.

She gives all kinds of recipes for what one should do.