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 :Of scorn and amazement. She made no reply, But gave a slight turn to the end of her nose
 * (That pure Grecian feature), as much as to say,

“How absurd that any sane man should suppose That a lady would go to a ball in the clothes,
 * No matter how fine, that she wears every day!”

So I ventured again: “Wear your crimson brocade,” (Second turn-up of nose)—“That’s too dark by a shade.” “Your blue silk”—“That’s too heavy.” “Your pink”—“That’s too light.” “Wear tulle over satin”—“I can’t endure white.” “Your rose-colored, then, the best of the batch”— “I haven’t a thread of point lace to match.” “Your brown moire antique”—“Yes, and look like a Quaker.” “The pearl-colored”—“I would, but that plaguey dressmaker Has had it a week.” “Then that exquisite lilac In which you would melt the heart of a Shylock.”