I
bought it without delay, and was wondering where I could find
something to go with it in that little town, when I met a friend - a
friend indeed - who offered me some widths of silk that had been dyed a
most hideous shade of green.
I gladly accepted the offer, particularly as this friend is in deep
mourning and would not be at the ball to recognize me. Well, I made
this really awful silk into a very full skirt that just covered my
ankles, and near the bottom I put a broad band of orange-colored
cambric - the stiff and shiny kind. Then I made a Mother Hubbard apron
of white paper-cambric, also very stiff and shiny, putting a big full
ruche of the cambric around neck, yoke, and bottom of sleeves. For my
head I made a large cap of the white cambric with ruche all around,
and fastened it on tight with wide strings that were tied in a large
stiff bow under the chin. We drew my evening dress up underneath both
skirt and apron and pinned it securely on my shoulders, and this made
me stout and shapeless. Around this immense waist and over the apron
was drawn a wide sash of bright pink, glossy cambric that was tied in
a huge bow at the back. But by far the best of all, a real crown of
glory, was a pigtail of red, red hair that hung down my back and
showed conspicuously on the white apron.
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