Then she put on the black silk with its glistening crimsoned-silver sequins, and, lo, it touched her.

She liked its coquettish drapery of tulle and silver about the hips.

The "overskirt," which was at that time just coming into fashion, though avoided by the more conservative, had been adopted by Aileen with enthusiasm.

She thrilled a little at the rustle of this black dress, and thrust her chin and nose forward to make it set right.

Then after having Kathleen tighten her corsets a little more, she gathered the train over her arm by its train-band and looked again.