Ladybird (2013)
“It was a matter that she had never found to fail before, and she was utterly at a loss to understand. Fraley MacPherson had no interest at all in the subject that has been all-absorbing to most of womankind since Eve wore her first fig leaf—the question of what shall we be clothed with.
Pleased she was with her new garments, often touching the cloth of her little frock gently as if she admired it, careful lest the least dust should fall upon it, guarding her hat from crushing with an instinct o...f one who had always worn good garments; yet when she was asked what else she would like to have in her wardrobe, she smiled dreamily and said, “Why, I think I have enough now, thank you.”
Violet Wentworth was nonplussed.
“Wait till we get in the shops,” she said easily. “You’ll see. You’ll be charmed with everything.”
“But I wouldn’t need anything else but this,” said Fraley, genuinely surprised. “I’ve been very careful with this. It won’t be hurt a bit by the traveling.MoreLess
Pleased she was with her new garments, often touching the cloth of her little frock gently as if she admired it, careful lest the least dust should fall upon it, guarding her hat from crushing with an instinct o...f one who had always worn good garments; yet when she was asked what else she would like to have in her wardrobe, she smiled dreamily and said, “Why, I think I have enough now, thank you.”
Violet Wentworth was nonplussed.
“Wait till we get in the shops,” she said easily. “You’ll see. You’ll be charmed with everything.”
“But I wouldn’t need anything else but this,” said Fraley, genuinely surprised. “I’ve been very careful with this. It won’t be hurt a bit by the traveling.MoreLess
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