Does Lady Brandon wear much lace ?" "I--No; that is--How the deuce do I know, Trefusis?
What an extraordinary question!" "This is a photograph of a lace school.

It was a filthy room, twelve feet square.

It was paved with brick, and the children were not allowed to wear their boots, lest the lace should get muddy.

However, as there were twenty of them working there for fifteen hours a day--all girls--they did not suffer much from cold.

They were pretty tightly packed--may be still, for aught I know.