"
So long as the Dranes admitted that they had no right to give her
advice, Miriam was willing that they should give her as much as
they pleased.
For several days Cicely and Miriam cut and stitched and fitted and took
in and let out, and one morning Miriam came down to breakfast attired in
the pink chintz gown, its skirt touching the floor, and with her long
brown hair tastefully done up in a knot upon her head.
"What a fine young woman has my little sister grown into!" exclaimed
Ralph. "To look at you, Miriam, it seems as if years must have passed
since yesterday. That is the pink dress that Dora Bannister wore when she
was here, isn't it?"
This remark irritated Miriam a little; Ralph saw the irritation, and was
sorry that he had made the remark. It was surprising how easily Miriam
was irritated by references to Dora.
"I lent it once," said his sister, as she took her seat at the table,
"but I shall not do it again."
That day Mike was interviewed in regard to what might be called his
foreign maintenance. The ingenuous negro was amazed.
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