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It is astonishing how little way a hundred
pounds goes among the dressmakers, corset-makers, and shoemakers of
Lutetia.
'I had no notion that clothes were so dear,' said Lesbia, when she saw
how little she had got for her money.
'My dear, you have two gowns which are absolutely _chien_,' replied Lady
Kirkbank, 'and you have a corset which gives you a figure, which you
must forgive me for saying you never had before.'
Lady Kirkbank had to explain that _chien_ as applied to a gown or bonnet
was the same thing as _chic_, only a little more so.
'I hope my gowns will always be _chien_,' said Lesbia meekly.
Next evening they were dining at Cannes, with the blue sea in front of
their windows, dining at a table all abloom with orange flowers, tea
roses, mignonette, waxen camellias, and pale Parma violets, while Lady
Maulevrier and Mary dined _tete-a-tete_ at Fellside, with the feathery
snow flakes falling outside, and the world whitening all around them.
Next day the world was all white, and Mary's beloved hills were
inaccessible.


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