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I am extremely grateful that you have sent me this sketch now, when it is not too late, and we have still some months before us to alter matters. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME THE SKETCH NOW WHEN IT IS NOT TOO LATE AND WE HAVE STILL SOME MONTHS BEFORE US TO ALTER MATTERS
because I fear her own taste is not sound--and she is young enough to learn! If you were a poor girl, Caroline, coming out in society on the narrowest means, I would send you all sorts of hints how to arrange and manage to look sweet and lovely upon a very small sum. It is not that all cheap things are ugly, but, with a faulty taste and a large allowance, it is wiser for our end that you should go only to the best shops. I implore you, Caroline, if the instinct of personal distinction does not come naturally to you, to cultivate it by observation. Every time you go out observe what women look the nicest, and what makes them achieve this effect. Examine your own little face, with its blue eyes and black hair, and try to imagine which of the styles would suit you best and make you look the least ordinary. You have probably never thought of these things, and have just drifted on with other school-girls until you present the mass of incongruities your friend depicted in the drawing of you. HE BEST ADVICE BECAUSE I FEAR HER OWN TASTE IS NOT SOUND AND SHE IS YOUNG ENOUGH TO LEARN IF YOU WERE A POOR GIRL CAROLINE COMING OUT IN SOCIETY ON THE NARROWEST MEANS I WOULD SEND YOU ALL SORTS OF HINTS OF HOW TO ARRANGE AND MANAGE TO LOOK SWEET AND LOVELY UPON A VERY SMALL SUM IT IS NOT THAT ALL CHEAP THINGS ARE UGLY BUT WITH A FAULTY TASTE AND A LARGE ALLOWANCE IT IS WISER FOR OUR END THAT YOU SHOULD GO ONLY TO THE BEST SHOPS I IMPLORE YOU CAROLINE IF THE INSTINCT OF PERSONAL DISTINCTION DOES NOT COME NATURALLY TO YOU TO CULTIVATE IT BY OBSERVATION EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT OBSERVE WHAT WOMEN LOOK THE NICEST AND WHAT MAKES THEM ACHIEVE THIS EFFECT EXAMINE YOUR OWN LITTLE FACE WITH ITS BLUE EYES AND BLACK HAIR AND AND TRY TO IMAGINE WHICH OF THE STYLES WOULD SUIT YOU BEST AND MAKE YOU LOOK THE LEAST ORDINARY YOU HAVE PROBABLY NEVER THOUGHT OF THESE THINGS AND HAVE JUST DRIFTED ON WITH OTHER SCHOOLGIRLS UNTIL YOU PRESENT THE MASS OF INCONGRUITIES YOUR FRIEND DEPICTED IN THE DRAWING OF YOU
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