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When the eventful evening arrived, there was excitement in more than one establishment upon High Street and the streets in its vicinity. The stories of the diamonds, the gold diggers, and the silver mines, had been added to, and embellished, in the most ornate and startling manner. WHEN THE EVENTFUL EVENING ARRIVED THERE WAS EXCITEMENT IN MORE THAN ONE ESTABLISHMENT UPON HIGH STREET AND THE STREETS IN ITS VICINITY THE STORIES OF THE DIAMONDS THE GOLD DIGGERS AND THE SILVER MINES HAD BEEN ADDED TO AND EMBELLISHED IN THE MOST ORNATE AND STARTLING MANNER
ng is so charming in the dress of a young girl as pure simplicity. Our Slowbridge young ladies rarely wear any thing but white for evening. Miss Chickie assured me, a few weeks ago, that she had made fifteen white-muslin dresses, all after one simple design of her own." "I shouldn't think that was particularly nice, myself," remarked Octavia impartially. "I should be glad one of the fifteen didn't belong to me. I should feel as if people might say, when I came into a room, 'Good gracious, there's another!'" "The first was made for Miss Lucia Gaston, who is Lady Theobald's niece," replied Miss Belinda mildly. "And there are few young ladies in Slowbridge who would not emulate her example." "Oh!" said Octavia, "I dare say she is very nice, and all that; but I don't believe I should care to copy her dresses. I think I should draw the line there." But she said it without any ill-nature; and, sensitive as Miss Belinda was upon the subject of her cherished ideals, she could not take offence.  DIFFICULTY SO EASILY DISPOSED OF NOTHING IS SO CHARMING IN THE DRESS OF A YOUNG GIRL AS PURE SIMPLICITY OUR SLOWBRIDGE YOUNG LADIES RARELY WEAR ANYTHING BUT WHITE FOR EVENING MISS CHICKIE ASSURED ME A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT SHE HAD MADE FIFTEEN WHITE MUSLIN DRESSES ALL AFTER ONE SIMPLE DESIGN OF HER OWN I SHOULDN'T THINK THAT WAS PARTICULARLY NICE MYSELF REMARKED OCTAVIA IMPARTIALLY I SHOULD BE GLAD ONE OF THE FIFTEEN DIDN'T BELONG TO ME I SHOULD FEEL AS IF PEOPLE MIGHT SAY WHEN I CAME INTO A ROOM GOOD GRACIOUS THERE'S ANOTHER THE FIRST WAS MADE FOR MISS LUCIA GASTON WHO IS LADY THEOBALD'S NIECE REPLIED MISS BELINDA MILDLY AND THERE ARE VERY FEW YOUNG LADIES IN SLOWBRIDGE WHO WOULD NOT EMULATE HER EXAMPLE OH SAID OCTAVIA I DARE SAY SHE IS VERY NICE AND ALL THAT BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I SHOULD CARE TO COPY HER DRESSES I THINK I SHOULD DRAW THE LINE THERE BUT SHE SAID IT WITHOUT ANY ILL NATURE AND SENSITIVE AS MISS BELINDA WAS UPON THE SUBJECT OF HER CHERISHED IDEALS SHE COULD NOT TAKE OFFENCE
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