The couch made you think of a plump grandmother of bygone days, a beruffled white fichu across her ample, comfortable bosom.

She took off her things, washed off the dust, and changed into the black-and-white barmaid's costume, fastening the frilly apron, the cuffs, the delicate fichu with mechanical care.

Mrs. Huntley sits by the fire, with a little fichu over her head, sipping a tisane; while Algy, in undisturbed possession, and with restored but feverish amiability, stretches his length on the rug at her feet, and looks injured if Barbara or I, or even the footman with coals, enters the room.

I shall want to keep you in one of my Louis Seize cabinets, with the rest of my Dresden!' Lady Kirkbank had considered the occasion suitable for one of her favourite cotton frocks and rustic hatsa Leghorn hat, with clusters of dog-roses and honeysuckle, and a trail of the same hedge-flowers to fasten her muslin fichu.