I have no French clothes, madam; if I had any, madam, I would have come in them in order to do you more honour." "I like to see you much better as you are," said Belle; "people should keep to their own fashions, and yours is very pretty." "I am glad you are pleased to think it so, madam; it has been admired in the great city, it created what they call a sensation, and some of the great ladies, the court ladies, imitated it, else I should not appear in it so often as I am accustomed; for I am not very fond of what is Roman, having an imagination that what is Roman is ungenteel; in fact, I once heard the wife of a rich citizen say that gypsies were vulgar creatures.
I should have taken her saying very much to heart, but for her improper pronunciation; she could not pronounce her words, madam, which we gypsies, as they call us, usually can, so I thought she was no very high purchase.

You are very beautiful, madam, though you are not dressed as I could wish to see you, and your hair is hanging down in sad confusion; allow me to assist you in arranging your hair, madam; I will dress it for you in our fashion; I would fain see how your hair would look in our poor gypsy fashion; pray allow me, madam ?" and she took Belle by the hand.
"I really can do no such thing," said Belle, withdrawing her hand; "I thank you for coming to see me, but.

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." "Do allow me to officiate upon your hair, madam," said Mrs.Petulengro; "I should esteem your allowing me a great mark of condescension.

You are very beautiful, madam, and I think you doubly so, because you are so fair; I have a great esteem for persons with fair complexions and hair; I have a less regard for people with dark hair and complexions, madam." "Then why did you turn off the lord, and take up with me ?" said Mr.
Petulengro; "that same lord was fair enough all about him." "People do when they are young and silly what they sometimes repent of when they are of riper years and understandings.