14/18 And she has such a splendid big scent-bottle, with gold tops, and such a lovely, tiny little prayer-book, bound in blue velvet, and a watch no bigger than a shilling, with a monogram on the back. She took it out several times in the sermon last Sunday, so I saw it. But isn't her hair funny ?" "It's a beautiful colour," said Eleanor, "only it looks different in front. But I suppose that's the veil." "No, it isn't," said Matilda; "that's the new colour for hair, you know. Lots of ladies use it." "How horrid!" said Eleanor. |