I forbid it, and she left, of course, which made papa so cross he would n't give me the camel's hair shawl he promised this year." "It 's perfectly shameful!" said Miss Perkins, as Trix paused out of breath.

"Servants ought to be made to dress like servants, as they do abroad; then we should have no more trouble," observed Miss Perkins, who had just made the grand tour, and had brought home a French maid.
"Perky don't practise as she preaches," whispered Belle to Polly, as Miss P.became absorbed in the chat of her other neighbors.

"She pays her chamber girl with old finery; and the other day, when Betsey was out parading in her missis's cast-off purple plush suit, Mr.Curtis thought she was mademoiselle, and bowed to her.

He is as blind as a bat, but recognized the dress, and pulled off his hat to it in the most elegant style.

Perky adores him, and was mad enough to beat Betsey when she told the story and giggled over it.