A Spinster's Luck
“Dora, Mrs. Chambers’s niece and Celia’s newly appointed lady’s maid, had been pulling out one ensemble after another for Celia’s approval. Celia was in the process of tossing yet another gown onto her already burdened bed when Imogene entered, looking fresh as spring in an apple-green dress with matching bonnet and parasol.
“Celly! You aren’t dressed? Drake will be here shortly and he hates to keep his cattle standing,” she admonished, staring at the pile of gowns on the bed.
“I know, I know! I... can’t decide what to wear.” Celia felt panicked by her indecision. Never had she had to decide between even two gowns, nonetheless a dozen.
“You goose! Anything you own looks as if it just arrived from Paris. Here, this dark pink gown with the pretty bows on the pelisse is very smart. Dora, please locate the fawn-colored bonnet and gloves I remember arriving with this ensemble, and help Miss Langston dress. We mustn’t keep Drake waiting,” she said pointedly to Celia.
A little while later Celia calmly descended the stairs in the rose-colored gown and pelisse.MoreLess
“Celly! You aren’t dressed? Drake will be here shortly and he hates to keep his cattle standing,” she admonished, staring at the pile of gowns on the bed.
“I know, I know! I... can’t decide what to wear.” Celia felt panicked by her indecision. Never had she had to decide between even two gowns, nonetheless a dozen.
“You goose! Anything you own looks as if it just arrived from Paris. Here, this dark pink gown with the pretty bows on the pelisse is very smart. Dora, please locate the fawn-colored bonnet and gloves I remember arriving with this ensemble, and help Miss Langston dress. We mustn’t keep Drake waiting,” she said pointedly to Celia.
A little while later Celia calmly descended the stairs in the rose-colored gown and pelisse.MoreLess
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