She had come to the conclusion that successful actors and actresses were the only people in America who spoke English fluently and correctly.
Yes, she ate in the kitchen; but she would have been a fit subject for the fastidious Fragonard.

Kitty was naturally an exquisite.

Everything about her was dainty, her body and her mind.

The background of pans and dishes, gas range and sink did not absorb Kitty; her presence here in the morning lifted everything out of the rut of commonplace and created an atmosphere that was ornamental.

Pink peignoir and turquoise-blue boudoir cap, silk petticoat and stockings and adorable little slippers.
No harm to tell the secret! Kitty was educating herself for a husband.
She knew that if she acquired the habit of daintiness at breakfast before marriage it would become second nature after marriage.