Abbeychurch by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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which Fanny and Jane wore theirs?'
'Oh! we must all bow before Dykelands,' said Elizabeth. 'And I have been wondering what made you look so altered, Lizzie,' said Lady Merton, 'and now I see it is your hair being straight. I like your curls better.' 'Ah, so do I,' said Mrs. Woodbourne; 'but Lizzie docs not like the trouble of curling it.' 'No,' said Elizabeth, 'I think it a very useless plague. It used really to take me two hours a day, and now I am ready directly without trouble or fuss. People I care about will not think the worse of me for not looking quite so well.' 'Perhaps not,' said Lady Merton, 'but they would think the better of you for a little attention to their taste.' 'They might for attention to their wishes, Aunt Anne,' said Elizabeth, 'but hardly to their taste. Taste is such a petty nonsensical thing.' 'I shall leave you and Anne to argue about the fine distinction between taste and wishes,' said Lady Merton; 'it is more in your line than mine.' 'You mean to say that I have been talking nonsense, Aunt Anne,' said Elizabeth. |
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