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"In fact," I concluded, "you will be dressed like a lady." She
opened the book at a gaudy picture, "_France, XVI(ieme)
Siecle--Saltimbanque et Bohemmienne_," and pointed to the female
mountebank. This young person wore a bright green tunic,
bordered with gold and finished off at the elbows and waist with
red, over an undergown of flaring pink, the sleeves of which
reached her wrist; she was crowned with red and white carnations
stuck in ivy.
"I will get a dress like that," said Carlotta.
I wondered how far Mrs. McMurray possessed the colour-sense, and
I trembled. I tried to explain gently to Carlotta the
undesirability of such a costume for outdoor wear in London; but
with tastes there is no disputing, and I saw that she was but
half-convinced. She will require training in aesthetics.
She is very submissive. I said, "Run away now to Antoinette,"
and she went with the cheerfulness of a child. I must rig up a
sitting-room for her, as I cannot have her in here. Also for the
present she must take her meals in her own apartments.


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